Someone bought a $1 million winning Virginia Lottery ticket from a 7-Eleven store in Woodbridge.
The winning ticket was purchased at the conveinece store at the intersection of Caton Hill and Minnieville roads. Its winning numbers were drawn Tuesday night.
A homeowner in Aquia Harbour rented a room out to a man who turned out to be a convicted sex offender. Within days of moving in, Raymond Roy Frye was arrested for indecent exposure. According to police, the homeowner claimed not to know that Frye was a sex offender. Frye is listed online on the sex offender registry.
On Saturday, Dec. 27, Frye was allegedly standing in the driveway where he was living on the 2000 block of Aquia Drive wearing only a shirt — no pants or underwear — exposing himself to passersby, police said. He was apprehended by Lt. Nate Thompson of the Aquia Harbour police after a brief foot chase. Stafford County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Aquia Harbour Police Department in the arrest.
Its’ been a busy year for our communities. We’ve seen the addition of new express lanes on Interstate 95, new schools opened, and the continued tradition of festivals like the Prince William County Fair, the Occoquan Craft Show, at National Night Out at Stafford Marketplace.
Now we want to show you what you were reading on our website over the past year. Here are the most-viewed stories on Potomac Local for 2014:
All drivers on the Interstate 95 EZ-Pass Express Lanes must have an EZ-Pass or EZ-Pass Flex electronic tolling transponder starting Monday.
Drivers who have ordered an EZ-Pass Flex and have not received it may sign up for a special one-week grace period with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
New surveillance photos were released by police. They picture they man investigators say robbed a Burke and Herbert Bank on Dec. 23.
The man in them is described as wearing a black ski mask and black pants.
As the hustle and bustle of the holiday season winds down and shoppers fulfill their last-minute gift needs this Christmas Eve, we’re going to take a moment to say Merry Christmas.
Many of our readers have already left work and are on their way home to their friends and families, while some who serve our communities in the fields of healthcare, public safety, utilities, and other professions know few, if any, holidays.
Are you ready to run off those extra holiday pounds?
Runners will their chance at Freedom Aquatic and Fitness Center’s Resolution Run 5K on New Year’s Day.
The controversial comedy “The Interview” will be shown at Manassas 4 Cinemas on Mathis Avenue. The theater posted a sign outside their window telling customers “we got it” and they will show the movie for five showings Christmas Day.
The two characters in the film played by Seth Rogen and James Franko play celebrity TV hosts who land in interview with North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un. In the film, the CIA recruits both to assassinate the dictator.
Jeanine Lawson won her bid to be the next supervisor in Prince William County’s hotly contested Brentsville District.
Lawson will replace former supervisor turned county judge Wally S. Covington after a grueling 9-month campaign in the district.
One man was stabbed Sunday in an apparent incident of road rage outside a Walmart in North Stafford.
Two vehicles were sitting at a red light at the intersection of Mine Road and Greenspring Drive when one person got out of the car and stabbed another, according to a Stafford sheriff’s office spokesman.
