NOKESVILLE, Va. – Train traffic along a Norfolk-Southern owned and operated rail line was shut down this afternoon after several brush fires broke out.
Trains that use the line in Nokesville, near Manassas, were halted so fire crews could douse the blazes, according to initial reports. Several hay bales in the area of Va. 28 and Nokesville Road had caught fire. There’s no word yet on how the blaze began.
MANASSAS, Va. — Multiple helicopters were called to carry victims of a head-on collision to a hospital.
The victims were seriously injured in a collision that occurred about 4 p.m. in the area of Liberia and Signal Hill roads. Two helicopters were called to take the injured to a hospital. Three cars were involved in the collision, according to reports.
The sun rises over treetops on a chilly Thanksgiving morning in Aquia Harbour.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Stafford officials want to make some extra cash by leasing land for cell phone towers at schools, parks, and other locations in the county.
A lease agreement could net the county as much as $2.8 million over a 15-year period, and all it would require is entering into a contract to lease out the space where cell phone towers will be built to a private company.
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MANASSAS, Va. — As the men quietly file into the gymnasium, Pastor Tony Lewis gives each a hug and a handshake. Lewis knows them by name, he understands each story, and supports the men as they pass days, weeks, sometimes years at the Prince William – Manassas Regional Adult Detention Center in Manassas.
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Manassas officials have new information on the woman who was struck by a train in Manassas on Wednesday night.
STAFFORD, Va. — If you call for an ambulance in Stafford County, the cost to ride may be going up.
Since 2006 the county’s fire and rescue department has charged ambulance fees. Right now, those fees are set between $500 and $800 for the initial call, and charge of up to $12 per mile. The department now proposes a 1% increase on those fees, raising the rate for a basic life support transport ride at $505, advanced life support $656, and an advanced life support category two set at $808. A mileage charge of $12.12 would also be imposed if the fees go up.
GAINESVILLE, Va. — The Thanksgiving breakaway is underway. In Gainesville this early afternoon, U.S. 29 south is increasingly congested as drivers make their way from Interstate 66 onto the thoroughfare that runs to Charlottesville and to points further south.
Today is widely considered the busiest travel days of the year in the U.S. AAA Mid-Atlantic estimates 960,000 people in the Washington area – nine out of 10 — will travel by car to their holiday destination. A recent round of winter weather for the Northeast, and rain for our area, hasn’t made the trip any easier.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — When it comes to raising money to reduce class sizes in Prince William County, will property taxes go up, or will new taxes be levied on food, fun, and vices?
Officials elected to both the County Board of Supervisors and the School Board are wrangling with reducing the number of students per teacher in Prince William’s public schools. The county boasts the largest class sizes in the Washington, D.C. region.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Working with federal representatives, Dumfries has secured funds to help with improvements at Quantico Creek.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax, Prince William) announced $330,750 in federal disaster recovery aid has been awarded to improve a culvert that allows Quantico Creek to flow under the 2-lane Possum Point Road. The culvert, which an official says appears to be sinking slowly into the water, will be realigned and the area around it cleared of excessive sediment that has collected there over the years.
