Prince William police said the name of the man killed in a fiery crash on Joplin Road earlier this month is Tyrone Anthony Mayo, 31, of Triangle.
Mayo was driving a 2009 Pontiac Vibe on January 8 and crashed in the 18100 block of Joplin Road.
PWCS closed code red Thursday and Friday 1/28 & 1/29. All activities canceled. SACC closed. See https://t.co/dtqqmP7Tdx.
— PWCS (@PWCSNews) January 27, 2016
A snowplow driver in Woodbridge took a break and became $250,000 richer.
Here’s more in a press release from the Virginia Lottery:
A new proposal aims to do away with a fee charged to those in Prince William County who wish to get concealed gun carry permits.
Residents who apply for a state concealed carry permit are charged a $50 fee. In Prince William County, the sheriff’s office processes those permits usually within 10 days. They check for any possible criminal history for the applicant.
a 16-year-old girl was strangled with an electric cord, police said.
The accused is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, strangulation, and domestic assault and battery.
Virginia’s sales tax covers almost everything you buy, from athletic socks to zippers. But it doesn’t apply to medicine, contact lenses and certain other personal health items. Now, the General Assembly is considering adding feminine hygiene products to the list of exemptions.
Del. Mark Keam (Fairfax County) introduced House Bill 952, which seeks to remove the sales tax on tampons and sanitary napkins in Virginia. Currently these items are taxed at the standard rate, like most other items: 6 percent in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads, and 5.3 percent in the rest of the state.
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Some relief for cash-strapped OmniRide could come in the form of legislation in Richmond.
A new bill by Sen. Frank Wagner (Norfolk, Virginia Beach) would set the gas tax “floor” at February 2013 rates. That means OmniRide’s parent agency Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission would get it’s 2.1% funding from the state’s motor fuels tax based on 2013 prices, which averaged $3.17 per gallon statewide that year. Diesel fuel averaged $3.36 per gallon statewide.
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Our list of #sNOVAlanche closures for Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016
@SCPSchools closed Thursday, Jan 28, 2016. Code 2 for staff. Offices open at 10 a.m.
Police said two armed men walked into a Montclair home wearing ski masks and robbed those inside.