Manassas City Public Schools have become the first in the region to scan students for guns and other weapons.

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Ridership projections for Virginia Railway Express were revised to lower for the year, but localities will pay more to fund the state’s only commuter railway next year.

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Sheriff’s deputies charged a tractor-trailer driver with DUI.

A deputy stopped the driver at 10:56 a.m. on Wednesday, December 15, near the Washington Square Walmart shopping center plaza. Police received reports of a tractor-trailer running off the road and driving unusually slowly.


By Madison Hirneisen

(The Center Square) – Gov. Glenn Youngkin proposed $1 billion in tax cuts as part of a list of updates he wants to make to the state’s two-year budget, which includes amendments to reduce Virginia’s corporate tax rate and individual income tax rate.


According to a press release from the commonwealth attorney’s office, on Tuesday, December 14, 2022, a Prince William County jury found Glennard Kenny McFadden guilty of both charges following a three-day jury trial in the Circuit Court. A sentencing hearing for McFadden is scheduled for April 6, 2023.

On August 14, 2016, medics and officers from the Manassas Park Police Department were dispatched to a residence in Manassas Park. Police found a victim injured with two head lacerations, one being a significant laceration to her forehead, cut to the bone.


The Freedom High School football team secured the first state title in school history with its 48-14 win over James Madison High School in the VHSL Class 6 state football championship. This caps off an undefeated season for the Eagles.

“It feels great.” said Darryl Overton, Freedom High football head coach, in an interview with Hi Def High School. “After all the battles you fight on the field and all the ones you fight off, [the championship] solidifies what you’ve been doing. I couldn’t be more proud and happier.”


A Manassas Park man faces charges after a 13-year-old girl said a man picked her up in a truck and sexually assaulted her.

On Thursday, December 15, detectives identified a suspect sought in connection to the sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road.


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