Chuy’s will open inside the old Macaroni Grill in Woodbridge in January, and the Tex Mex restaurant plans to hire 175 workers.
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The body of a woman found at Carver Cemetery in Stafford County was sent to a medical examiner in Richmond. Authorities are working to determine the cause of death, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Authorities said foul play is not suspected in this case.
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Fire and rescue in Lake Ridge were called to a 2-alarm blaze at 2:44 a.m. Tuesday.
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A $32 billion annual industry, modern day trafficking is a type of slavery that trade of people for the purpose of work. According to the U.N., about 2.5 million people around the world are ensnared in the web of human trafficking at any given time.
Human trafficking impacts people of all backgrounds, and people are trafficked for a variety of purposes. Women and girls are typically trafficked into the commercial sex industry, i.e. prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation.
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The Norfolk and Western “611” steam engine will return to Manassas for the annual Heritage Railway Festival in 2016.
The 65-year-old Class J steam engine was the centerpiece of the 2015 annual Heritage Railway Festival. The engine was fresh off of a restoration and on a statewide viewing tour when it rolled into Downtown Manassas.
A man is charged with malicious wounding after a 23-year-old was stabbed.
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Those coming aboard Quantico Marine Corps Base will have their IDs scanned beginning in January.
The new security measure comes as Quantico upgrades the equipment and processes used at the base’s entrance gates. A new system called RAPIDGate will be installed, and everyone entering the base — including visitors to Quantico Town — will have their IDs scanned with electronic security scanners.
Last week, I joined the Virginia Senate’s Finance Committee in Portsmouth for briefings on Virginia’s economy, revenue projections and other important issues facing the state legislature. More on that later. While in Portsmouth, I toured two significant and under-appreciated Virginia assets.
While neither the shipyard nor the Port is located in Northern Virginia, both have a significant impact on our quality of life and the entire state’s economy. A healthy Port of Virginia has beneficial ripple effects across the whole state.