Elementary schools in Prince William and Stafford counties were evacuated today.
Students at Glenkirk Elementary in Prince William County, and Ferry Farm Elementary in Stafford County were evacuated after bomb threats were called into the schools.
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Vic Wise had an idea.
He gathered a group of friends, and they set off from Richmond at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 8 bound for Arlington National Cemetery.
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Commuters bound for Mark Center in Alexandria will soon have a two new buses to take them there.
A new ramp from the HOV lanes on Interstate 395 to Seminary Road will open tomorrow afternoon, according to a Virginia Department of Transportation press release.
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The driver of a 2009 Pontiac Vibe was pronounced dead on the scene of a crash Friday.
According to police reports, the car was on fire when officers reached the scene of the accident.
No one won the jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
The jackpot has now grown to $1.3 billion — the largest Powerball jackpot in history,
On Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, the Virginia State Police graduated 74 new Troopers and one Special Agent Accountant at its Academy in North Chesterfield County. Upon receiving their diplomas, members of the 123rd Basic Session finish a rigorous 28-week training session. The new troopers have received instruction in more than 100 different subjects spanning hundreds of hours. Academy training includes such areas as crime scene investigation, survival Spanish, judicial procedures, self defense, cultural diversity and firearms.
All six graduates from Northern Virginia are returning home for their final phase of training, which begins Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, when they report to their respective duty assignments. Each will spend the next six weeks with a field training officer learning his or her new patrol area and day-to-day duties.
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There’s a lot of hope in the newly approved budget put forward Thursday night by the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission.
Hope that Prince William County will magically find $6 million to help make up some of an annual $9.2 million budget shortfall, every year over the next five years. Hope the Virginia General Assembly will enact a gas tax “floor” to help the agency recoup and additional $3.5 million it lost when gas prices dropped.
A fire ripped through a townhouse on Forestdale Avenue, according to a press release.
Fire and rescue crews were called to the 4400 block of Forestdale Avenue in Dale City at 6 p.m. They arrived to see fire “blazing” from the first floor of a middle-row townhome, according to a press release.
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A new logo will be used to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department.
The department unveiled the new logo in a press release on Thursday. The words “Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue 50 Years, 1966 – 2016” are featured against a bright red background.
Amber is doing better after cancer surgery.
The brown and white 8-year-old boxer-lab-mix had two cysts removed from her stomach late last year. Her owner, Stephanie Dobranski, brings Amber to their favorite place: Chinn Park.