Some businesses make it a point to pay their local taxes, while some others don’t. And it’s those businesses who don’t that have city leaders up in arms.

The Manassas City Council on Monday voted 4-1 to change the way penalties are assessed on those who pay their property taxes late. The city has been charging 10% of the total amount owed if the tax is paid one day late.


Those who live there know: It floods in Falmouth.

Floodwaters ravaged the Historic Port of Falmouth Park on the Rappahannock River in Summer 2018, leaving behind large trees and debris, and closing River Road, which provides access to the park, for days.


With Opening Day on the horizon, fans around the Fredericksburg region are getting ready to welcome in the newly formed Fredericksburg Nationals at their new ballpark on Thursday, April 23.

When preparing to spend your evening at the ballpark, keep in mind the team’s latest backpack policy which will be in effect come Opening Day.


Dr. Yemonja Smalls is bringing her art to the Center for the Arts in Manassas in a current exhibit titled “It’s Complicated”, as well as a talk, book reading, and signing to follow in March.

The art exhibit will go from February 7 – March 27, followed by Yemonja’s talk in the Caton Merchant Gallery at the Center for the Arts on Friday, March 6, from 6 – 7 p.m. There will also be a book reading and signing by Yemonja on Saturday, March 14 from 2 – 4 p.m.


Manassas Symphony is paying tribute to a famous Rock n’ Roll album that used Manassas in their album art.

Ron Sharpe was a junior at Gar-Field High School in 1971 when he and his band mates were abuzz about rock and roll royalty visiting Manassas. Superstar Stephen Stills, famous already for being a part of both Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, was a Civil War buff and brought his new band to town to shoot photos for an upcoming album. The one they liked best had the band standing on the train station platform under a “Manassas” sign, and thus the band and album were named. “Manassas” is considered a rock masterpiece.


A man  was caught trying to steal several goats last week in Stafford County, according to authorities

Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office for attempting to steal goats after a farmer saw a suspicious person on his property, the sheriff’s office says.


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