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Drivers asked to avoid, delay travel due high winds, deep freeze

By Potomac Local News
Traffic on Route 301 on crossing the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia. [MDTA traffic camera]

If you must travel, VDOT urges you to adjust your travel time based on road and weather conditions. Roads may be more severe based on forecasts north and west of the Fredericksburg area, warns the state agency.

Air temperatures will begin to fall today and stay below freezing over the weekend as well as pavement temperatures will grow colder, which can cause the potential for a flash freeze risk on any wet pavement. This may cause slick, hazardous road conditions. Icy conditions may occur first on bridges, overpasses, ramps, elevated surfaces, and in shaded areas.

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Manassas-area crash victim’s family received $8,000 in 24 hours

By Potomac Local News

The community has rallied around a family of a man who died in a rollover car crash this week near Manassas Mall.

According to a GoFundMe spokeswoman who emailed PLN, the sister of Alex Randy Portillo, who died in a crash Tuesday night on Sudley Road, launched a GoFundMe page to help pay for his funeral expenses.

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Prince William hikes police pay during regional struggle to hire, retain cops

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County moved in what’s been described as a regional arms race to increase the pay scales and hire and retain more police officers.

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Virginia legislator proposes gun ban: ‘nobody needs an assault weapon’

By Local News
Virginia state Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath

(WHRO-TV) Following the back-to-back mass shootings at the University of Virginia and a Chesapeake Walmart, Republicans and Democrats are touting proposals to help prevent future tragedies – again.

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Here comes the cold: Flooding occurring now, then deep freeze, 50 mph wind gusts by early Friday

By Potomac Local News

Some streets are flooded after the excessive rainfall across our area today, prompting a flood warning from the National Weather Service until 2:30 a.m. Friday, December 23, 2023.

Locations experiencing flooding include Manassas, Manassas Park, Dale City, and portions of western Prince William County.

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Kings Dominion to host family-friendly New Year’s Eve party

By Potomac Local News
[Photo: Kings Dominion]

The park in Doswell, Virginia, will open from 5 p.m. until 12:30 a.m., with rides closing at 10 p.m. as the New Year’s countdown party begins under the Eiffel Tower and concludes with a fantastic firework show planned at the stroke of midnight.

The New Year’s Eve celebration is also one of the last two operating days for the WinterFest event at the park for 2022. WinterFest has millions of Christmas lights, nearly 1,000 Christmas trees, and festive décor displayed throughout the 400-acre park. The iconic Eiffel Tower is transformed into a 300-foot-tall Christmas tree, and the well-known International Street fountains are turned into an ice-skating plaza known as Snowflake Lake.

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Fires common at Christmas: How to prevent disaster during the holidays

By Potomac Local News
Prince William County Fire and Rescue Acting Chief James Forgo at Dale City Elementary School.

Each year at Christmastime, the threat of house fires increases because of the dangers of holiday cooking, visitors, and strings of lights plugged into usually too few outlets.

Acting Prince William County Fire Chief James Forgo provided some helpful holiday tips to keep your family and home safe at Christmas.

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Flood watch posted for parts of the region through late tonight

By Potomac Local News

Prince William County and parts north are under a flood watch until late tonight as heavy rain moves into our area.

According to the National Weather Service, flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and northern Virginia, including Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria, Fairfax, Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park.

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Drink your eggnog — don’t pour it down the drain

By Potomac Local News
A TV commercial seen on over-the-top boxes, like Roku and on YouTube, encourages Stafford residents to store, not pour fats, oils, and grease.

Stafford County reminds residents not to pour fats, oils, and grease down the drain this holiday season.

These substances harden and clog pipes and drains in homes and within the county-maintained sewer system.

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