The City of Manassas launched a new tourism website.
Using the existing visitmanassas.org URL once held by Historic Manassas Inc., the redesigned website shines a spotlight on the experiential opportunities in the community. The new website features stories about the city’s antebellum architecture, the band “Manassas” featuring Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, and Liberia Plantation.
Keiry Beatriz Alvarez Contreras, 23, pleaded guilty on May 9, 2022, to striking and killing 74-year-old Jose Pastor Manzanareas with her car.
Last fall, Alvarez Contreras was driving on Route 28 near Connor Drive in Manassas Park when she struck the victim. After the collision, police said the man tried to use his cell phone to call for help, but Alvarez Contreras stopped her car, got out, swiped the phone, and tossed it away.
The renovation will include a new digital media studio equipped for video production, an updated children’s section, a new study room, and new furniture. To create a more open floor plan, the library will be planned to remove an information desk that currently sits in the middle of the building. A new service kiosk will be added, a library spokeswoman states.
The renovation of the 25,000-square-foot library, located at 8051 Ashton Avenue near Manassas, will cost just under $1 million.
OmniRide will hold a series of public hearings to discuss new bus service additions to the Reston area, along the newly-expanded Metro Silver line, and the elimination of one route.
The public meetings will be held on August 15, 16, and 17.
Stafford County detectives quickly identified and arrested suspects in an early morning robbery at a local motel.
At 12:17 a.m. Wednesday, August 3, deputies responded to the Red Roof Inn at 386 Warrenton Road for a robbery. The victim reported he was in a motel room in the company of Jessica Smalley, 36, of Stafford, when the room door suddenly burst open. Two subjects wearing partial face coverings entered the room, and one brandished a long knife.
On Tuesday, August 2, at 3:04 p.m., officers responded to the Regency Apartments located in the 9800 block of Shallow Creek Loop near Manassas to investigate shots fired call.
The investigation revealed multiple gunshots were heard before a resident of one apartment located damage to their front door.
In December 2021, Prince William County Police began an investigation into allegations of multiple counts of rape of a juvenile after the juvenile revealed the sexual assaults to a school employee.
The employee notified Child Protective Services, and police began a joint investigation with the Prince William County Police Special Victim’s Bureau was initiated.
