Eight people are homeless in the days leading up to Christmas after a fire at a home near Manassas.
At 1:22 a.m. today, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, units were dispatched to the 10300 block of Lomond Drive near Manassas for a report of a single-family dwelling on fire.
Between 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. the following morning, varying single to double-lane closures are scheduled nightly south of exit 140 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford County and between exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) and exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton) in Stafford.
During these work zones, all southbound traffic may be stopped for up to 30-minute intervals between midnight and 3 a.m. each morning.
Occoquan will light the town Menorah tonight during a public celebration starting at 6 p.m.
Mayor Earnie Porta writes:
Prince William County residents with curbside yard waste collection can set their Christmas trees and other holiday greenery at the curb for collection.
Residents should remove all ornaments, decorations, tinsel, nails, and the tree stands and sets the empty tree and greenery at the curb for pickup as a part of yard waste collection by your waste and recycling collection service provider during the first two full weeks of January.
This morning, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, soldiers Derek Eich and Brock Emery of the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon presented students at Widewater Elementary School with a commemorative plaque after the kindergarten class won a naming contest for “Gunther,” one of the platoon’s new horses.
The two soldiers answered particular questions about Gunther, including “How soft is Gunther,” (He’s the softest horse ever) “How fast can Gunther run,” (about 35 mph) and “How many friends does Gunther have?” (About 48)
Fredericksburg police report shots fired in two separate areas of the city.
Shots on Fall Hill Avenue were fired near Mary Washington Hosptial, while Howard Street is located south of Downtown.
A Manassas man faces charges after another man was stabbed in a restaurant parking lot in Manassas.
On December 19, 2022, at midnight, Manassas City Police responded to El Tenampe Restaurant at the 9000 block of Centreville Road for a report of a fight.
For those staying in town this Christmas, traveling over the area’s rivers and creeks to get to grandma’s house, here’s some inside information on the direction of the tolled E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstate 95.
The holiday will change the direction in which the lanes are pointed and when and reversal times.
