The ceremony is open to the public and will be held in the atrium of the James J. McCoart Administration Building at 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge, Virginia.

Weir was elected to the Board of County Supervisors in a special election on Feb. 21, 2023. He will take the seat vacated by former Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland, who resigned in December 2022.


Two deputies were assaulted yesterday afternoon while attempting to de-escalate a domestic disturbance.

On February 24th at 2:37 p.m., deputies responded to the intersection of Harrell Road and Forbes Street for a report of a domestic disturbance. Witnesses informed the Emergency Communications Center a male passenger had exited a vehicle and was screaming at the driver.


On Thursday, February 23, Prince William County detectives charged a 27-year-old man in connection with the robbery that was reported to have occurred at the Truist Bank located at 16541 River Ridge Boulevard in Woodbridge on February 9.

Forensic evidence collected at the robbery scene ultimately led to the suspect’s identity. Following the investigation, detectives obtained an arrest warrant for the suspect, identified as David Emanuel Andrews, in connection to the incident.


Prince William County is the next school division in our region to consider installing metal detectors.

The state’s second-largest school division aims to place Evolv Express Lanes or metal-detecting scanners at its high schools. If it does, the division will follow Manassas City Public Schools, which voted to install the same type of metal detector at Osbourn High School, the city’s only high school.


Stafford County General District Court Judge Jane M. Reynolds released a woman on bond just hours after she was arrested.

Sheriff’s deputies spent two weeks looking for the woman, whom they said twice eluded them in two high-speed pursuits where the she exceeded speeds of 100 mph, putting others on the road at risk.


On February 22 at 6:13 p.m., officers responded to investigate a potential threat of violence made towards Lake Ridge Middle School, located at 12350 Mohican Road in Lake Ridge.

The investigation revealed that an unknown individual, later identified as a student of another school, posted threats directed toward the school over Snapchat. A student who received the message immediately informed a family member, who contacted the police.


Call it a canary in the coal mine. Call it the result of years of residents pleading for their local leaders to hear them. Call it a referendum on data centers.

Whatever you call it, the landslide election of Bob Weir to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors with more than 60% of the vote should serve as a wake-up call to those in power in not only Prince William County but those who see data centers as a cash cow for their respective jurisdictions.


Prince William County General Registrar Eric Olsen says a Washington State-based ballot printing service claimed responsibility for a $10,000 Election Day snafu.

Olsen said that K&H Printing in Everette, Washington, produced larger ballots than ballot-scanning machines in Prince William County could accommodate. The error led to a small number of ballots being hand counted in a Special Election on Tuesday, February 24, 2023.


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