Delegate Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D-Manassas) announced her resignation from the Virginia House of Delegates effective May 31, 2026, after more than four years representing House District 20.
In a formal letter dated May 4, 2026, and shared publicly on May 5, Maldonado tendered her resignation to the Speaker of the House. She described her service as “a profound honor” and expressed gratitude to constituents, fellow delegates, leadership, and community partners.
The Prince William County Republican Committee’s annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner on Monday, May 2, 2026, at Foxchase Manor near Manassas celebrated a banner year of growth, conservative unity, and electoral success, drawing approximately 300 attendees — a 50- to 60-person increase over 2025 — and generating an estimated $85,000 to $95,000 in gross revenue.
The event, one of Northern Virginia’s premier conservative gatherings, underscored the committee’s rising influence and set an optimistic tone for upcoming election cycles.
Prince William County Animal Services Bureau has a new transport van ready to bring services directly to residents. The outfitted vehicle will serve as a mobile hub for events and support the agency’s veterinary clinic by hosting rabies vaccination clinics at different locations around the county.
The first mobile clinic is set for Saturday, May 9, at the A.J. Ferlazzo Building, 15941 Donald Curtis Drive in Woodbridge. It is a dog-only rabies and microchip clinic running in the overflow parking lot. One-year and three-year rabies vaccines will be available for $10 per dog, and microchips cost $15 per dog. Exact change or cash only is required.
By Shirleen Guerra
(The Center Square) – A legal group filed a lawsuit in Tazewell County Circuit Court challenging the ballot language for Virginia’s proposed constitutional amendment on reproductive freedom, saying it is misleading and violates state law.
“This case involves the Court of Appeals’ unprecedented nullification of three Prince William County zoning amendments that would have brought tens of billions of dollars in investment—and thousands of jobs—to Virginia,” the QTS petition, Prince William Times reports. “In a decision resolving two sets of cases, the Court of Appeals rejected the rezonings by mistakenly finding violations of highly technical notice provisions that harmed no one.”
QTS filed its notice of appeal to the Virginia Supreme Court just before the 11:59 p.m. deadline Wednesday, after both Prince William County and Compass Datacenters signaled they would let the project die following two court losses over public notice issues. The roughly 1,760-acre data center complex along Pageland Lane in Gainesville had been approved in 2023 but was voided by the courts.
A strong-armed robbery and assault at a Woodbridge 7-Eleven highlighted Tuesday night’s police activity in the region. A man stole a phone charger, assaulted an employee, and fled the scene.
Prince William County Police also made an arrest in a separate indecent exposure case involving multiple victims at a laundromat. In Stafford County, deputies handled several public intoxication arrests and two fraud reports, including an impersonation scam using the sheriff’s office number.
