Merry Christmas from Potomac Local.
We hope everyone can spend time with friends and family on this special day, and take time and enjoy each other’s company.
It’s Christmas Eve, and the forecasted high is 73 degrees with a chance of flooding.
An unusually warm air mass for December coupled with the drenching rains that brought between one and two inches of rain to our area yesterdays means more rain today could produce minor flooding.
Especially during the holidays, but also throughout the year, people have a giving spirit.
Recently, a group of City of Manassas staff met to devise ways to give back this holiday season. They came up with the 12 Days of Giving Campaign. The project helped city staff to be involved with non-profit groups working to serve those in our community by giving the gift of time and talent.
An instructor for Tiger Martial Arts Academy in Bristow has been charged with felony child abuse after throwing five-year-old child over his shoulders and then onto the ground resulting in the victim losing consciousness, police said.
Felony Child Abuse – On December 22nd, detectives from the Special Victims Unit responded to investigate an assault which was reported to have occurred at the Tiger Martial Arts Academy located at 10306 Bristow Center Dr in Bristow (20181) on December 21st.
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Manassas City Police are investigating the following incidents:
Vandalism to Auto
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Two men are charged with two counts of armed robbery and aggravated malicious wounding during a drug transaction with the 31-year-old victim.
The victim’s friend was also wounded after intervening.
A deadline for public comments on a plan to treat and release toxic water into the Potomac River has come and gone.
The Prince William County Board of Supervisors asked for a 60-day extension of a public comment period ending December 14 for the Possum Point Power Station near Dumfries and Quantico where water from coal ash ponds have been seeping into tributaries for years.
The first-annual Stafford County Christmas Parade took place on Saturday, December 19, at 5 p.m.
The parade route started at Stafford Middle School and ended at Brooke Point High School. All the parking spots quickly filled up at Brooke Point so attendees had to park along Courthouse Road.
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A new bridge on Old Carolina Road in Haymarket is set to open, and that means Old Carolina Road will reopen, too.
More in a Virginia Department of Transportation press release: