MANASSAS — City leaders Monday approved half a million dollars to improve a major thoroughfare at the Manassas Regional Airport.
The city plans to widen Wakeman Drive and to add pedestrian improvements such as bike lanes. The improvements are designed to make the area more desirable and to attract more business to the area.
STAFFORD COUNTY — (Press Release) Due to inclement weather, the Virginia Department of Transportation will shift the lanes of Courthouse Road in Stafford County one day late.
According to a press release sent Monday, Starting early Wednesday, Nov. 28, all Courthouse Road traffic will shift to new pavement between Colonial Forge High School and Snowbird Lane in Stafford County.
STAFFORD – (Press Release) On Sunday November 25, 2018 at 1217 PM, Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded to an unknown medical problem at a home on Newton Road in South Stafford. Upon arrival, they spoke with a friend of the victim who stated he had knocked on the door of the residence, but the occupant did not answer. Finding the back door unlocked, he went inside and found his friend on the floor, suffering from obvious trauma. He immediately exited the home and called 911.
Deputies arrived and entered the home. They found Mr. Larry Dean Roberson, fifty-four years old deceased. Evidence revealed that he was the victim of a homicide. There were no other subjects in the residence.
WOODBRIDGE — The next fire chief for the city of Austin Texas is Joel Baker, the former chief in Atlanta.
Prince William County Fire and Rescue Chief Kevin McGee was one of three finalists for the job. He interviewed at a public forum in Texas in late October with two other finalists, including Baker.
WOODBRIDGE — (Press Release) Firefighters responded to the report of a house fire at 1422 Horner Road in Woodbridge. Crews arrived within minutes and reported fire in the attic of the house. The fire was extinguished within minutes.
The Prince William County Fire Marshal’s Office has determined the fire was caused by faulty wiring. The Red Cross was called to assist four residents who were displaced by the fire. Fire and Rescue units from OWL VFD, Dale City VFD, and PWC DF&R responded to the incident.
A Virginia State Senator representing Prince William and Stafford counties was chosen Minority Caucus Whip.
Scott Surovell (D-36) will replace the outgoing Jennifer Wexton, who was elected to Congress earlier this month, as the Democratic caucus whip.
DUMFRIES — Voters in Dumfries will now head to the polls to elect Town Council members in November.
The Dumfries Town Council moved its municipal elections from May to the first Tuesday in November during its November 20 meeting, the first in the new town hall on Main Street. The town becomes the only one of the four in Prince William County, to include Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico, to hold municipal elections in November.
DALE CITY — (Press Release) On November 21 at 8:08 p.m., officers responded to a residence located in the 3300 block of Labourn Drive in Dale City to investigate a shooting.
The investigation revealed that the victim and the accused, who are husband and wife, were inside their home in the above area when they became involved in a verbal altercation that escalated.
