Police are on the scene of a stabbing that happened just before 11 a.m.
At least one person has been injured. A helicopter has been called to fly the victim to a local hospital.
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HAYMARKET — Prince William police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Haymarket.
We’re told no police officers have been injured. Further details on the incident have yet-to-be-made available by a police spokesman.
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STAFFORD — Stafford officials will turn to the federal government to verify the spellings, ranks, and status of the names listed on commemorative bricks at the county’s newly minted veterans memorial.
The move comes after Stafford County attorney Jason Pelt said he found 52 of the over 60 bricks contain errors such as misspelled names, wrong ranks, inaccurate time periods of military service, and some that were wrongly listed as killed in action (KIA).
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MANASSAS — The annual Civil War Weekend in Downtown Manassas is canceled.
The three-day event that had been planned for Aug. 25, 26, and 27 draws hundreds to the city each August, where period re-enactors flock to the city museum lawn to show how Civil War soldiers lived. Live bands and a period dance were also planned as part of the event.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — A monument to Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will stand at Manassas National Battlefield Park.
The National Park Service says it, and all Confederate monuments on national park land will remain standing.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY — An online fundraiser to rename Stonewall Jackson Senior high and middle schools in Prince William County launched Wednesday.
Ryan Sawyers, the county’s At-large School Board Chairman, a Democrat who is now seeking a seat in Congress, issued a rallying cry to supporters calling for the name changes after this past weekend’s violent white nationalist protests in Charlottesville where three people died.
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STAFFORD — He doesn’t have big political aspirations, but he stepped up to be the GOP’s man in a pinch.
Michael Makee (pronounced Mackie) retired as Naval Commander after 20 years and is the Republican replacement candidate in Virginia’s House District 2. The 47-year-old Naval Academy graduate stepped in after Laquan Austion dropped out of the race on Friday.
STAFFORD — Republicans in Stafford and Prince William counties are looking for a new candidate for House District 2.
Laquan Austion dropped out.
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OCCOQUAN — A Woodbridge man has died after a police chase on Interstate 95.
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WOODBRIDGE — You can blame the rainy weather for the cancellation of a concert and video shoot on Holiday Island.
Island owner Mark Richard’s told Potomac Local the live concert a video shoot of the Stormin Norman Band will not go on as planned. The show was scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, July 29, and boaters were invited to drop anchor off of the tiny island on the Potomac River and watch.