Ridership on Virginia’s only commuter rail service, Virginia Railway Express, is up thanks to the work to rebuild Washington’s Metro system.
From Virginia Railway Express (VRE):
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City officials applauded Monday night when a 47-year-old sign that once marked the location of a Safeway grocery store, and more recently a flea market, was taken down.
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From Prince William County Fire Marshal’s office:
On July 13, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Fire Marshals responded to the 15200 block of Grist Mill Terrace in Woodbridge regarding an electrical hazard complaint in which a meter box had been jumped. Upon further assessment by Fire and Rescue, it was discovered that the meter circuit had been jumped by using two 4-gauge copper wires with welds holding it in place. This created a very dangerous situation with the potential of risk to nearby occupants. Further investigation revealed the suspect, John Anthony McClain.
From Prince William police:
Armed Robberies *SUSPECT IDENTIFIED – On July 15, detectives from the Robbery Unit identified the suspect involved in two commercial robberies in the Woodbridge area of the county. The suspect, identified as Joseph Tyler KELLEY of Woodbridge, has been connected to the July 11 robbery of the Papa Johns on Dale Blvd and the June 8 robbery of the Exxon service station on Quate Ln. In both cases, an undisclosed amount of money was taken. Detectives have since obtained arrest warrants for this suspect who has not been located.
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A tractor trailer hauling tomatoes caught fire this morning under a brand new bridge in Haymarket.
The truck was traveling on Interstate 66 when it hit a guard rail. The truck them burst into flames underneath the new bridge that carries Route 15 traffic over I-66, known as the Diverging Diamond Interchange.
Lisa Sievel-Otten, City of Manassas Community Development Administrative Assistant, has authored her second book and is donating all proceeds to Liberia Plantation restoration efforts.
Manassas, a new book that gives a glimpse into life in post-Civil War Manassas through vintage post cards, tells surprising stories from the emerging town and about the creation of the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Only a decade before, early Manassas residents had been on opposing sides of a deadly battle. And yet they came together in the 1870s to build a town and a sense of community. Many of the book’s images exist only in post cards. Without these post cards, no visual record of many Manassas buildings, sites, and streetscapes would remain.
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Investigators said the man who stabbed a custodian multiple times about 6 a.m. Wednesday at a rest stop on westbound Interstate 66 outside Manassas later committed suicide.
From Virginia State Police: