Don’t call it groundbreaking.
Prince William County Public Schools on Wednesday, April 27 celebrating the Rising of Rosemount Elementary School near Manassas. The new $40 million elementary school is scheduled to open in August and will house 700 students.
It is a busy night for police and rescue crews in the Manassas area.
Just before 9 p.m., a Toyota Tacoma pickup and a Toyota Avalon sedan collided in front of the Stonewall Jackson Volunteer Fire Department at 7814 Garner Drive.
At 3:55 p.m., fire and rescue crews went to the 5000 block of Reardon Lane in Dale City about a mile from Hylton High School, for a fire at a single-family home.
Crews arrived to find a house fully involved, with heavy smoke conditions billowing from the home.
A Stafford High School student was arrested Friday, April 29, for several charges.
According to the county’s sheriff’s office, the teenager after gave a brownie laced with marijuana to another student during school.
A sedan ran off northbound Interstate 95, near the exit for Quantico, and into a wooded area. The car caught fire, trapping one person inside.
Crews worked to extinguish the blaze and found an unidentified occupant with a large head wound, according to initial reports.
The Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project will E-ZPass Express Lanes stretching nearly 23 miles from the Capital Beltway to Route 29 in Gainesville, rebuild major interchanges along the I-66 corridor, create thousands of commuter parking spaces, and expand trail options for cyclists and pedestrians.
The lanes are scheduled to open in December.
Rescue crews were called Friday night after someone thought a car slammed into a strip mall.
At 11:27 p.m., fire and rescue crews went to a Regency Furniture store at 10318 Portsmouth Road near Manassas for a report of a partial building collapse.
At 10:53 p.m. Friday, April 29, emergency crews went to 26 Tarleton Way, about a mile from a U.S. Post Office on Route 1.
The victim was pinned between two cars but was eventually freed, according to initial reports. It’s unclear what led to the crash.
(The Center Square) – A Virginia Senate committee controlled by Democrats voted to reject a proposal that would have suspended the commonwealth’s entire 26.2-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline for three months.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 12-3 to prevent Senate Bill 6001 from passing. Each of the committee’s Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Emmet Hanger, R-Augusta, voted against the bill. Three of the four Republicans voted to advance the legislation.
