MANASSAS, Va. — What do citizens look like? For first graders from Baldwin Elementary School in Manassas, the answers are as diverse as their imaginations.
The students, who decorated plain paper “people” for a 225th anniversary commemoration of the Constitution last year, are now the stars of Citizenship Art, a new Manassas Museum exhibit. The students were asked to decorate their “people” to look like citizens, and used markers, crayons, and construction paper on their projects.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. —Virginia State Police have been called to several crashes this morning on Interstate 95 in Prince William County.
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DUMFRIES, Va. — Is there something stinky in Dumfries? If you ask some members of the Town Council, it’s the trash service.
During a public meeting Tuesday, members of the Council complained about broken trash cans, shared frustrations of residents who didn’t know where to go to obtain one, and said some trash is left in cans or blown about the streets after the trash truck drives away.
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This time, Old Man Winter showed up.
Schools Closed
Prince William County Public Schools
DUMFRIES, Va. — A vehicle crash led to a power outage for about 4,800 Dominion Virginia Power customers today.
Dumfries police Chief Robert Forker said a 40-year-old woman, of Vienna, suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel while traveling south on U.S. 1 at Old Stage Coach Road. The woman was driving a 2010 Honda Odyssey, and during the crash it collided with the rear of a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup driven by a 42-year-old man of Nokesville about 10:50 a.m., said Forker.
Prince William police reports
Abduction – On January 22nd at 5:45PM, police responded to the Clairmont School located at 3551 Waterway Dr in Dumfries (22025) for a reported abduction. The investigation revealed that the victim, a 26 year old woman of Dumfries, and her 4 year old son were abducted from the location by the accused, a known acquaintance. Officers eventually located the vehicle in the area of the Cloverdale Rd. The victim and suspect were located inside. The victim was not injured. The child was located at an address on Endsley Tn unharmed. Following the investigation, the accused was arrested.
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Students and staff have returned to classrooms at Occoquan Elementary School.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The region awoke to one of the coldest mornings in years, with temperatures in the low to mid teens and wind chill factors making feel like zero degrees outside.
By 10 a.m. temperatures had climbed to the low 20s, and they are not expected to rise much higher than that. Tonight, a clipper system could bring a dusting of snow our way, according to the National Weather Service. With arctic air overhead, whatever falls is expected to freeze and could cause slippery conditions into Thursday morning.
STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford County leaders today threw their support behind Gwyneth’s Law, a bill that would require schools to provide training in first aid, CPR, and the us of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.
The law is named after 12-year-old Gwyneth Griffin who collapsed while running track at Stafford County’s A.G. Wright Middle School and then later died. Griffen’s father, Joel, told Fredericksburg.com no one at the school was able to care for his daughter following her collapse.
