Of more than a half-million people who live in the Prince William Health District, as of today, four are hospitalized with complications from the coronavirus.
With 525,000 residents, the district includes Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
The future of baseball in Manassas will be discussed at a City Council work session Monday night.
The Greater Manassas Baseball League, which offers baseball to boys and girls between the ages of eight and 18, will meet with elected leaders to discuss the future of its E.G. Smith Baseball Complex, formerly an eight-baseball field complex at the corner of Route 28 and Godwin Drive.
The number of coronavirus cases in the Fredericksburg region continues to rise, but when the pandemic comes to a close, area leaders could be dealing with a wave of homelessness.
Fredericksburg’s homeless numbers have held steady at 207 people over the last 10 years. This number includes unsheltered homeless as well as reports of chronic homelessness.
Student-athletes at Osbourn High School will return to the field on December 7.
That’s the start of winter sports, as outlined by the Virginia High School Leauge and Gov. Ralph Northam, who is permitting student-athletes to return to the game for the first time since schools first closed due to the coronavirus pandemic in March.
We’re about to find out if the mall Santa Claus will retain his popularity in the time of coronavirus.
Potomac Mills mall just announced Santa will be seen only by appointment this season. The jolly old elf will begin seeing children at the Woodbridge shopping mall later this month.
A controversial Confederate flag that sits off of I-95 in Stafford County is coming down.
Hartwood District Supervisor Gary Snellings on Tuesday, Oct. 27 took to his Facebook page to announce that the 80-foot-tall Confederate battle flag that stands next to Interstate 95 near Falmouth will come down by the end of the week.
Theresa Coates Ellis supports the Route 28 bypass, which is an extension of Godwin Drive, which would provide a direct link for drivers who commute from western Prince William County, and points south and west like Stafford and Fauquier counties, respectively, to Route 28 in Fairfax County.
The controversial road would provide a bypass route for congested Route 28 between Manassas and the Bull Run, on the Fairfax County line, and Interstate 66, where high occupancy toll lanes are being added to reduce congestion.
Skrimp Shack has opened a new location in Sudley Manor Square near Manassas.
The restaurant offers quick-service seafood, specializing in fish and shrimp meals. It is known for its “Fattest Fish Samwich” in town, as well as the Skrimp ‘n Crab Po Boy.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors does not have the power to dissolve the Dumfries-Triangle Rescue Squad, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled today.
The decision overturns a decision by a lower Prince William County Circuit Court that previously ruled in the county’s favor, that asserted the rescue squad’s “very existence is at the whim of the county,” court documents state.
Members of a newly created commission will investigate the Prince William County Police Department and its response to riots that occurred in the county on May 30.
The new Racial and Social Justice Commission will meet over the course of the next year and will be tasked to bring back recommendations on how to improve the hiring practices of the department, as well as the use-of-force policy.
