The roads last night were treacherous across the region, as less than an inch of snow that fell quickly turned to mush, and then to ice.
Vehicles traveling on Route 610 slipped and slid all over the roadway as drivers tried to make their way home.
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We don’t see this very often around here.
A blizzard warning goes into effect at 1 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Sunday. This latest warning from the National Weather Service upgrades yesterday’s blizzard watch.
This map from the National Weather Service posted this morning shows the “most likely” snow totals for our region. Accumulation is expected Friday through Saturday night.
Sliver lining — it’s going to be mostly sunny on Sunday.
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Another convenience store in Stafford County was robbed overnight.
This time it happened along Route 17 in south Stafford, where a man walked in to a 7-Eleven at 5:22 a.m. today, displayed what the clerk thought to be a gun, and demanded cash.
Information on Virginia’s Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s State of Emergency declaration ahead of the coming blizzard. And, Dominion fears major power outages from the storm. (more…)
Several area localities are posting information about snow removal and snow emergency routes. (more…)
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Six of the eight missing goats from Stafford County were found and reunited with their owners.
An investigation found that a man from Fauquier County tried to sell the goats to a Halal meat market in Fredericksburg.
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Like most grocery stores in our area today, lines at Aldi on Liberia Avenue in Manassas snaked from the front to the back of the store.
“Please place your milk, eggs, and water on top of your cart when you come through,” one employee shouted as customers queued up to come through the lines.
Two men are each charged with two counts of shooting into an occupied vehicle.
In December, the rear window of a vehicle was shattered by a BB gun pellet, police said. A similar incident was reported a few weeks later.
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A snow emergency has been declared in Manassas Park.
Starting 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, drivers cannot park their vehicles along snow emergency routes.