Supervisor Margaret Franklin will hold a town hall meeting on Wednesday.

Franklin, who represents the Woodbridge Magisterial District on the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, will discuss multiple transportation projects, including a briefing on the North Woodbridge Small Area Plan.


News

A smoker is to blame for a house fire that damaged three townhomes Monday afternoon.

We were the first to tell you yesterday the blaze broke out at 12:45 p.m. at a home in the 400 block of Potomac Hills Drive. No one was injured, but 10 people were displaced.


News

Michelle Davis Younger delivered a “state of the city” address to the Manassas City Council.

The speech delivered Monday night focused largely on herself, her election to the City Council last fall, and what she’s been up to since then. “When I was elected in November 2020, the city saw a positive…and, yes, it was a positive and tremendous change,” said Davis Younger.


Politics

Virginia public radio station WCVE in Richmond retracted a column posted to its website today — a fact check piece about former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

The piece, which was also shared by statewide news aggregator Va News from the Virginia Public Access Project, called out McAuliffe for falsely claiming his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin, praised him during a panel discussion the Youngkin hosted in 2018, on which McAuliffe was a panelist.


Prince William

Police in Prince William County is investigating a road rage incident that led to a firearm being brandished near a local high school.

The 24-year-old female victim was driving near Colgan High School on Monday afternoon, at the intersection of Route 234 and Hoadly Road near Dale City. A sedan began following her and driving aggressively around her. At one point, while the victim was stopped, the driver of the blue sedan pulled up and brandished a gun, police said.


Obituaries

Helen Louise Scott (Denty) died on June 24, 2021, at Ft. Belvoir Community Hospital. Born October 8, 1938, to Thomas Earl Denty and Evelyn Marjorie Denty (Clare), Helen was a beloved mother and grandmother. Helen is predeceased by her husband of 48 years William Edgar Scott and her parents Thomas and Evelyn Denty. She is […]