More than two inches of rain fell in portions of Prince William and Stafford counties this past weekend, one of the soggiest in at least a year. The heaviest rains fell Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7, leaving behind a gloomy and cool Mother’s Day.
Rainwaters caused water levels in the Potomac River to rise. A Coastal Flood Advisory remains for King George County until 1 a.m.
A driver submitted this video to our tip line ([email protected]) showing a near collision on Mountain View Road, near Shelton Shop Road, after 6 p.m. Sunday, May 8.
According to the driver who submitted the video, an oncoming car lost control of his sedan on the two-lane road, drove into a ditch, overcorrected, and crossed into oncoming traffic.
Initially, first responders thought a pedestrian had been struck, but it wasn’t long before they learned a man had been ejected from a car. The unidentified man was taken to Mary Washington Hospital, where he was expected to survive, said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
There were no other cars involved, and it’s unclear what led to the crash. The incident remains under investigation, police said.
At 3:39 a.m., Sunday, May 8, fire and rescue units were dispatched to the 15000 block of Lee Highway (Route 29), near the Wegmans grocery store at the Stonewall Shops, for a reported house fire by a passerby.
Crews arrived to find a barn fully involved. Fire crews learned there were animals inside but could not be saved due to the volume of fire.
Col. William P. Davis USMC (Ret), national executive director and CEO of the Young Marines, and David Harl, president of Pinnacle Productions, received the Major Norman Hatch Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for a 60-minute documentary, “Tomorrow’s Leaders.”
Davis and Harl attended the awards ceremony on Saturday, April 30, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. They received a gold medallion, an engraved brick to be installed in the Museum’s Semper Fidelis Memorial Park outside the museum, and a cash prize.
A man who showed up at a hospital suffering multiple gunshot wounds died.
Now police are searching for a killer. On Sunday, May 8, at 1:58 a.m, officers went to a report of a shooting in the area of the Somerset Pointe Apartments, in the 14000 block of Deming Drive in Gainesville.
The day started with a garage fire for Prine William County firefighters.
At 4:02 a.m., units with the Prince Wiliamwere dispatched to the 4000 block of Gypsum Hill Road in Haymarket for a reported garage on fire. Crews arrived to find heavy fire showing from a detached 2-story garage.
(The Center Square) – Twenty attorneys general are demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “immediately disband” the agency’s newly created Disinformation Governance Board and “cease all efforts to police Americans’ protected speech.”
In a letter dated May 5, they argue the board is unconstitutional, illegal, and un-American. If Mayorkas doesn’t shut it down, the AGs say they will sue.
Virginia American Water and Prince William County unveiled a new Welcome to Dale City sign on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The unique stone sign with a concrete capstone is at Gideon Drive and Dale Boulevard, marking the entrance to Dale City.
“This is a very special day for Dale City and really Prince William County. We’ve got a lot of things in the hopper of revitalization. This sign, ‘Welcome to Dale City’ is a huge part of that because this is the entrance to this district,” Prince William County Neabsco District Supervisor Victor S. Angry said at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony at the sign.
