A grocer manager from Woodbridge won millions after selling the wrong ticket.
Here’s more in a press release:
The Manassas Park Police Department recently launched a new and improved website that features some revamped widgets and other tools available for users.
The new website has increased accessibility for public usage along with an improved aesthetic and interface for navigability.
Good morning – Contract Solutions Inc. supports homeless individuals through their Hope in a Bag program. They are looking for partners in the community to help them provide little basics in a bag. This is a wonderful opportunity for scouts, teams or families to gather socks, snacks, granola bars, personal toiletry items and a positive message to these folks. This program runs through March. Please email Carole at: [email protected] to learn more about this wonderful outreach to a vulnerable population.
· Mark your calendars for Monday February 8th for the Baking the Pie with YOUR Dough Program. It’s a special lively panel discussion by opinionated and engaged community advocates addressing the creation of the County’s annual budget. The event is hosted by Our Prince William and PWC SCOPE. This promises to be fun and educational. The free event starts at 6:30pm at the NVCC Woodbridge Campus- Lakeside Theater and open to all. Please register for this event on either organization’s Facebook page: facebook.com/ourprincewilliamva or facebook.com/pwcscope. (more…)
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.