Lake Ridge, Va. –– A childrens author let loose a possum at Antietam Elementary School.
Luckily, the fuzzy guest was stuffed and came supervised by Jamey Long, a local author who writes for children.
But passengers this morning from Fredericksburg to Manassas had to deal with problems created by yesterday’s rain.
About 4:30 a.m., drivers headed to the Bull Run station at Manassas Regional Airport found out the access road to the station, Piper Lane, had been flooded out. The transit agency told drivers to find an alternate route to the station.
A fire and rescue vehicle from the Potomac Hills Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department was sitting in the right southbound lane of U.S. 1, just south of Boswell’s Corner, preventing drivers from traveling through a large pool of water that formed on the highway.
Rental records show 49-year-old Aaron H. Thomas lived on Bonita Court, off Brooke Drive in the Birchdale section of Dale City from 2000 until 2007.
Records also show he attended school in Prince Georges County, and The Washington Post reported Friday Thomas still has family who live in the Berryville, Va. area.
Three guys who began rapping together in high school hallways are set to take center stage in Dumfries.
Ken “Kenny Custom” Halsey, Cameron “Cam” Allen and Demarcus “D” Murray will play Padrinos II Bar and Grill on Friday March 25.
The restaurant has been located inside Center Plaza for more than 20 years and is now undergoing renovations.
From the looks of the new signage outside the restaurant, it will become a DQ Grill and Chill.
A teacher pleads guilty to molesting a student, some elementary school students won’t be moved from their base schools in Stafford County, and what school to go to where everyone’s a fan of Dr. Seuss.
The crash happened just north of the Stafford County line and forced the closure of at least two lanes, according to Virginia transportation officials.
There is no word on injuries.
The fire broke out about 4 p.m. and is in the area of Aquia and Dewey drives near a power line.
The fire is not threatening any homes right now and it’s not clear how it started, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.