Eight years later, police in Prince William County are still searching for a killer who shot a woman in cold blood in a grocery store and left empty-handed.

Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero, 21, was killed on February 21, 2014, at the former Platanillos Grocery and Jewelry store at 14342 Jefferson Davis Highway in Woodbridge.


Benny’s Manassas location, to be known as Benny Capolago’s, will fill a vacant corner storefront next to Harris Pavilion on Center Street in the city’s downtown district.

Benny’s Pizza will soon be serving their famous “Virginia Slice” in Downtown Manassas. The pizza chain famous for their gigantic 28″ pizza pies will open at 9209 Center Street later this year.


Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham appointed a number two.

The department tapped Kimberly C. Chisley-Missouri as its new assistant chief. Major Chisley-Missouri is the first African-American woman to serve as an assistant chief with the Prince William County Police Department.


A new storage facility will be built near the Southgate neighborhood in Falmouth.

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A Stafford County man died after losing control of his car and struck a police car head-on.

On Saturday, February 19 at 8:27 p.m., deputies and fire and rescue personnel were called to a crash Route 610, just east of the Shelton Shop Road intersection near North Stafford High School.


The Stafford County Board of Zoning Appeals will hear a request to open a commercial dog kennel business in the Rock Hill district.

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A Stafford County man faces charges after a pursuit in the county’s northern section.

On Friday, February 18 at 10:51 p.m., a deputy was traveling on Route 1 north when he saw several vehicles traveling over 100 mph, headed south near Clearview Lane near Peets Coffee Shop in Boswell’s Corner.


At 4:02 a.m. today, police officers at the Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center located at 2300 Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge were notified that a woman was being treated at the facility for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

The victim, a 26-year-old woman, reported to police that she and an acquaintance were driving in the Dumfries area when gunshots were fired.


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