Snow began falling about 8 a.m. Saturday across the region and kept falling until about 5 p.m.
Afterward, we saw the precipitation changeover from snow to sleet, then to rain.
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In a rare Saturday meeting, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors largely moved to restore funding to community services and programs that just earlier this week had been on the chopping block.
Millions in funding for Virginia Cooperative Extension programs, jailhouse drug rehabilitation programs, the Flory Small Business Center, gang awareness programs, funds for Prince William Soccer Inc., and the Boys and Girls Club – just to name a few – we’re all added back into the fiscal year 2016 budget.
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See our growing list of closures.
A look at Prince William Parkway, Dale Boulevard, and Hoadly Road taken this afternoon:
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Maureen McDonnell has been painted in two different lights: as a selfless, hardworking, dedicated mother, wife and community leader, and as a hostile and greedy woman responsible for ruining the career of her husband, former Gov. Bob McDonnell, and sending him to jail.
Virginia’s former first lady has been under the media’s scrutiny for two years, since the bribery scheme involving the McDonnells came to light. Last fall, both Bob and Maureen McDonnell were convicted of multiple counts of public corruption. On Friday, Maureen McDonnell was sentenced to a year in prison by U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer.
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Central Community Library is opening at 1 p.m. today, Feb. 22, 2015.
— PW Public Library (@PrinceWmLibrary) February 22, 2015
Bryan Samuel, a Manassas resident, pled guilty in court on charges of conspiracy to distribute more than 700 grams of heroin and possession of a firearm in relation to drug trafficking.
In statements filed with Samuel’s plea, it was stated that he obtained distribution quantities of heroin from sources in D.C. and Northern Virginia.
If you weren’t sick enough of the cold and snow already – be prepared for more.
According to the National Weather Service, the Northern Virginia area will stay in the single digit temperatures throughout tonight.
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Kiefer, who is the Chief of Staff at The National Council on Aging, was selected from a list of nine qualified candidates.
The Board needed to appoint a new member when incumbent Ilka Chavez decided to step down for personal reasons back in January.
The Prince William Chapter of the Wildflower Society has donated 61 copies of a children’s book to Prince William County Public Schools and additional copies to local libraries.
The book, Isabella’s Peppermint Flowers, was written by Susan Leopold and illustrated by Nicky Staunton, said Nancy Vehrs, President of the Prince William Wildflower Society and the Virginia Native Plant Society.
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February 20, 2015: All Manassas City Public Schools will be CLOSED due to frigid temperatures and dangerously… https://t.co/ajLncQKi0N
— ManassasCitySchools (@mymcpsva) February 19, 2015