A squirrel knocked out power to 20,000 2,000 customers in Manassas on Sunday night.
The outage lasted for about 20 minutes before crews restored power. There were reports of homes darkened and street non-functioning street lights along Liberia Avenue.
From a Stafford County Spokesperson:
Two Stafford County public service events will run concurrently on Saturday, April 8th. The Spring Shredding Event sponsored by Stafford County Crime Solvers will be held from 8:00 AM – Noon at the Humphrey Building (Public Safety Facility) located at 1225 Courthouse Road. A Rabies Clinic will also be held in the parking lot of the Gordon Government Center located at 1300 Courthouse Road. The clinic will begin at 8:30 AM and continue until noon.
From Stafford County Sheriff’s Office:
On March 28, 2017, at 1:22 p.m., Deputy J.R. Scott was traveling southbound on Interstate 95 when he observed a gray Toyota Tundra maneuvering quickly between three lanes of heavy traffic. The driver of the Toyota was traveling at a high rate of speed and neglected to use his turn signal while changing lanes.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William County is denied one of two grant applications sought to fund a new commuter parking garage slated to be built next to a new Potomac Nationals baseball stadium in Woodbridge.
The county sought $5 million from Virginia’s Transportation Opportunity Fund to build a garage that would be used on weekdays by commuters, and on nights and weekends by baseball fans, and those attending other events at a proposed $35 million, 6,000-seat baseball stadium at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center next to Wegmans.
From Prince William police:
Murder Investigation *ADDITIONAL SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED – Detectives from the Prince William County Homicide Unit have identified two additional suspects wanted in connection to the murder of Christian Alexander SOSA RIVAS. The victim’s body was located along the shoreline of the Potomac River on January 12, 2017. Additional information obtained in the ongoing investigation identified one of the suspects as 27-year old Dimas Misael CANALES SANTOS of Hyattsville, Maryland. The second suspect was identified as a 17-year-old male juvenile, also of Maryland. The juvenile suspect was located and arrested without incident on March 29 in Montgomery County by members of the Montgomery County Police Department. The juvenile suspect will be held in Maryland until he is extradited back to Virginia. The CANALES SANTOS suspect remains wanted and is being sought by police. Six other suspects, including a separate juvenile, were previously arrested in connection to this investigation.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Few politicians in Prince William County have endorsed Corey Stewart for governor.
But that doesn’t bother him.
From an email written by PRTC Interim Executive Director Eric Marx:
I’m writing to inform you that one of our OmniRide commuter buses was involved in an accident within the last half hour or so. Details are few and sketchy – all we know at this time is that bus number 355 appears to have struck the Lennox apartment building in Crystal City, that the operator has been transported to the hospital, that there were no passengers onboard, and that there appear to have been additional injuries.
