Transportation officials postponed a meeting about improvements on Interstate 66, originally scheduled for tonight.
Statement from VDOT:
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![Drivers headed south on U.S. 29 in Gainesville now use an elevated bridge to cross train tracks. The new separated interchange is expected to stop frequent train vs. car collisions in the area. [Photo: Uriah Kiser / Potomac Local News]](https://www.potomaclocal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/092413-gainesville-intersec-600x332.jpg)
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Manassas Train Station Parking Lot Owner Pushes City for Higher Rent, Drivers Told to Park Elsewhere
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Manassas is known for the railroad and its iconic train station still used today by both Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak trains.
McDonnell charges cast a pall over Richmond —The indictment of Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, brought an unprecedented jolt and stain Tuesday to the place he has always reverently called “Mr. Jefferson’s Capitol.” [Washington Post]
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Take it slow out there this morning as there are reports of minor ice patches on roads across the region.
In Prince William County, major roads like Va. 234 and Va. 123 all are reported to me in “minor” condition (low on the Virginia’s Department of Transportation’s worry index) but all of the major roads have icy spots on them.
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The first and coldest 5K run of the year will take place again in Occoquan.
The Frigid 5K Run and Walk will mark its second year in the small town on Feb. 8. The event is sponsored by the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Neabsco Optimists Club (OWN).
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Police in Prince William County made arrests in two separate rape incidents. One of the cases involves the arrest of a 14-year-old male whom police said sexually assaulted two children, ages 7 and 10 years old.
More in an unedited press release:
How much snow did we get today?
At 3 p.m. in Stafford County there was a snow of .4 inches total reported to the National Weather Service.
QUANTICO, Va. — The body found sprawled in bloodied snow off Application Trail in Training Area 8 of Marine Corps Base Quantico had been shot, beheaded and skinned. The body cavity was still warm when authorities arrived at the scene in the afternoon of Dec. 10, 2013.
It was the carcass of a buck, shot with a rifle in an archery-only zone and most likely shot from the road. Along with the head, the backstrap — the choicest cut of meat — had also been removed.
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Local school systems
Prince William County
Stafford County Government offices opened today under a liberal leave policy, but now they will close at 1 p.m.
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