Elections officials hope to have their first count of absentee ballots by 11 p.m., four hours after polls close in the state.
“The department of elections gave localities a cut-off time of 11 p.m. to stop counting ballots,” said Virginia Department of Elections Commissioner Chris Piper.
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.
Rock Hill Church Road in Stafford County has reopened to through traffic after crews completed the installation of a temporary bridge over Aquia Creek, and temporary traffic signals to direct traffic.
A recent inspection of the former bridge over Aquia Creek found deterioration in the bridge’s major elements. While a bridge replacement project is designed, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) installed a single-lane, temporary bridge as an interim measure.
Police arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting near Manassas.
On Sunday, November 1, the suspect sought in connection to a shooting in the 8100 block of Portwood Turn on October 16, was arrested.
Although Halloween festivities looked a bit different this year, one tradition remained the same at the Mary Washington Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where babies celebrated their first holiday. The costumed infants were a small way to bring joy to parents as well as the department’s staff.
The Halloween celebration is organized by nurses in the NICU where they work with parents to create a special costume and supervise the photos.
Tina Lynn Leifker, 46, of Woodbridge, Virginia passed away on October 30, 2020 in her home. Tina was born in Fairfax, Va to Diane and Lennie Struder on August 31, 1974. She went to school in Stafford, VA. She married Brian Leifker on August 24, 2003 in Mount Vernon, VA. Tina worked as a bus driver for Fairfax County Public Schools for 16 years. She loved making t-shirts for her grandson and crocheting.
Tina is preceded in death by her sister in-law, Cheryl Leifker and the beloved family dogs; Sparky and Pepper.
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