Over the river, through the woods, to grandma’s house we go – maybe. An early winter storm is bearing down on the east coast and it could make Tuesday – one of the busiest travel days of the year leading up to Thanksgiving – a nightmare in the Northeast.

Snow, ice, rain, and wind are all expected as part of the storm that’s moving east.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — There is a renewed interest in the cold case of a business man murdered inside a Stafford County home.

There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for shooting and killing 49-year-old Samih Mustafa Sowan inside a home at 35 Fife Street in the Austin Ridge section of Stafford County. The donor has chosen to remain anonymous.


HAYMARKET, Va. – A local leader says he wants more money for Prince William County’s public schools.

Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland held a town hall Thursday night at Alvey Elementary School in Haymarket to speak to area residents about what he said is the need to “act right away” to provide more funds to the county school board to cut class sizes, which are now at their maximum capacity, he said. The number of students in classrooms is larger than those of schools in neighboring Loudoun and Fairfax counties, according to a Washington Area Board of Education report.


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — School officials tonight want to hear from residents whose children will attend the new Nokesville kindergarten through 8th grade school in Nokesville when it opens in September 2014.

Currently, students who live in the area of where the school is being built – on the Aden Road – would go to nearby Brentsville District High School.


Gov.-Elect Terry McAuliffe wants Virginia business leaders to put pressure on state legislators to expand Medicaid across the commonwealth.

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Volunteer Opportunities in the Area

· Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving. The Un Trim A Tree Holiday Gift program is in full swing providing gifts to needy kids in the community. Would you like to adopt a child and bring a little joy to them? You will receive the child’s name, age, gender and two wishes so you can shop for specifically for this child. There seems to be a lot of need for clothes this year but also toys. The donors always say how much fun they had shopping for this special little kid. You should spend about $50 per child so all you have to do is decide how many children you’d like to shop for. Please visit volunteerprincewilliam.org and download the donor form and I will send the specifics on your child to you! I promise this will make your day.


PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. —  Residents got their first look Thursday night at a new public safety complex planned for mid county.

A new 50,000 square-feet, 2-story police station, and a 15,000-square-feet fire station that, will sit at the corner of Prince William Parkway and Davis Ford Road near the Prince William County Government Center. It’s expected to cost nearly $40 million to build both structures. Officials said it’s very early in the design phase of the new buildings, and added they are expected to be completed by 2016.


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