Obituaries

Frances Virginia Christian of Woodbridge went home to be with the Lord on August 24th 2021, Aged 57 years.  The family will receive friends on Wednesday August 31st, 2021 from 2-4 and 7-9 Pm at the Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home 13318 Occoquan Road Woodbridge VA 22191. The funeral will take place on September 1st, 2021 starting at 11Am at the Harvest Life Church. The family requests that donations be made to the Children’s National Hospital In Lieu of flowers.


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Prince William County residents who bag up their leaves and grass clippings will have to switch from using plastic bags to biodegradable bags.

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The school has been in session for three days, and police said traffic outside school buildings is crawling, leading to backups on streets in Prince William County.

All Prince William County Schools opened for in-person instruction on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021 – the first time that all students have gone to school in 18 months. With new parents in the area and new students attending for the first time, there has been increased traffic in and around schools causing gridlock conditions across the county.


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New restrictions will be placed on speakers aiming to address the Prince Willam County School Board. 

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Two more hospitals in our region will force their employees to get a coronavirus vaccination.

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Drones are coming to the Prince William County Police Department. 

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4 p.m. update

Death Investigation – On August 24 at 1:30PM, the Department of Fire and Rescue responded to the 16900 block of Porters Inn Dr. in Dumfries (22026) to investigate an electrical fire. Upon arriving on scene, units located two workers, identified as a 46-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman in a lift basket, who were actively exposed to a live electrical wire. The investigation revealed that while working in the area, the two victims were elevated in the lift basket and came into contact with an active electrical wire. The power to the electrical line was shut down and the victims were eventually removed from the lift with the assistance of fire and rescue personnel who used an ariel ladder. The male victim was flown to an area hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries. The female victim was transported to an area hospital, where she is expected to survive.