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Prince William County’s next high school to be named ‘Gainesville High School’

Published June 10, 2020 at 10:39PM | Updated June 11, 2020 at 12:46PM

A image rendering a prototype of the 13th High School.

After hundreds of suggestions and multiple school board meetings, a name has finally been chosen for Prince William County’s 13th high school.

The school, which will be located at 13150 University Boulevard in Gainesville, has been named Gainesville High School. The naming was approved at the Prince William County School Board’s June 10 meeting, where the board also named the school’s library media center in honor of Officer Ashley Marie Guindon and its Student Services Center in honor of Lillian Orlich.

Manassas police chief clarifies statement on city rioters: “We were not chased”

By Olivia Aveni Briscoe

Published June 10, 2020 at 2:58PM

City police car design from 2011

A week after Manassas City Police Chief Douglas Keen had told Manassas City Council that he was chased by 200 protestors during a riot on Sunday, May 31, he’s clarified his earlier statement.

“So I said chased, I own those words, I said ‘em. Retreated and moving back would be a better description. We were not chased down the street, being chased by a bully with rocks being thrown at us. We were pushed backwards and continued to move into Battery Heights,” Keen said during a meeting of the Manassas City Coucnil on Monday, June 8.

Fredericksburg branch of Children’s Museum of Richmond closes

By Rick Horner

Published June 10, 2020 at 2:45PM

The Children’s Museum of Richmond announced it is permanently closing its Fredericksburg location at 1275 Jefferson Davis Highway.

The closure was described as a cost-cutting measure during the coronavirus pandemic.

Northam outlines school reopening plan, Stafford considers shorter school days

By Susie Webb

Published June 10, 2020 at 12:24PM

Kizner [Photo: Susie Webb]

Schools will be opening in the fall, at least in some capacity.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced at his June 9 briefing that the schools will be opening in phases that correlate to the phases of general reopening.

3 DUI cases reported on Stafford County roads

By Uriah Kiser

Published June 10, 2020 at 12:14PM

The Stafford sheriff’s office reports three cases of DUI in the past two days.

He was subsequently held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on an unsecure bond.

This week’s work zones on I-95 near Fredericksburg

By Rick Horner

Published June 10, 2020 at 11:35AM

Now through early Sunday, June 14 overnight travelers may experience delays with work zones this week in the Fredericksburg area of Interstate 95.

Milling and paving on I-95 will continue near the Exit 140 Diverging Diamond Interchange in Stafford County, as well as various construction activities for the I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing project and the I-95 Express Lanes Fredericksburg Extension project.

NOVA Community College to have mostly virtual learning for fall

By Gianna Jirak

Published June 10, 2020 at 10:15AM | Updated June 29, 2022 at 8:00AM

Northern Virginia Community College Manassas Campus.

Northern Virginia Community College classes are going to start on time, but for the most part, they will not in-person.

In a statement on June 8 made by the college’s president, Anne M. Kress, it was announced that the college’s classes would begin as scheduled on August 24 and be “offered in [NOVA’s] approved distance-learning formats, with the majority being offered either through NOVA Online or through synchronous delivery via Zoom.”