Prince William

Prince William Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Steven L. Walts suspended his Twitter account on Thursday afternoon after news that the School Board hired an outside attorney to look into his interactions with students on the social media platform.

Walts used Twitter to communicate with students in a manner that defies the school division’s established electronic communication policies that ban employees from accessing student’s personal accounts and using cell phones and other personal forms of electronic communication to communicate with students. 


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The unemployment rate in Manassas has skyrocketed to 13% in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and long-awaited stimulus money from the Federal Government has yet to arrive.

In January and February, the city’s unemployment rates were 2.8% and 2.5%, respectively, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The city had just come off a “banner year,” with new businesses opening and existing businesses expanding or relocating to the city.


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Gov. Ralph Northam announced on May 2 that Virginia was approved by FEMA to receive three Battelle Critical Care Decontamination Systems which can collectively sanitize 240,000 PPE each day. 

The systems are at no cost to Virginia for the first six months of use, and their decontamination services are free to hospitals and healthcare workers. 


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Construction of a new sidewalk and the expansion of a commuter parking lot at Interstate 95 in Stafford County was completed ahead of schedule.

The three-year, $195 million set of projects at milepost 140 aimed to expand capacity and improve travel in the county’s Courthouse Road area reached a milestone this week as work was completed on the final project elements, including the expansion of commuter parking and sidewalks, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.


Police have now dertimed that two vehicles are suspected in a hit and run death of a 62-year-old man.

Investigators with the Prince William police crash investigation unit have determined that the victim hit and killed in the area of Sudley Road and Balls Ford Road near Manassas on Wednesday, May 6 at 5 a.m., was struck by two vehicles, according to a Prince William County Police Department press release.


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It’s looking like Manassas City will have a female mayor for the first time in its 147-year history.

Mayor Hal Parrish II announced his retirement at a small gathering at Okras restaurant in Downtown Manassas in February. It came as a surprise to many, as he’s served as mayor since 2008, and has been on the city council since 1993.