Gov. Abigail Spanberger spent Wednesday in the Manassas area for two events billed as open to the press. Local outlets got little warning. When a television reporter tried to ask her about the Sept. 4 killing of a 16-year-old Prince William County student in Old Town Manassas, she did not answer and left.
The Office of the Governor emailed its public schedule at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday — about an hour before the first listed stop. The schedule showed:
Dumfries Town Council returns Sept. 15 to a $319,000 question: whether to study a possible change to the town’s boundaries before it has named a parcel, drawn a proposed line or opened talks with Prince William County.
The study area is county land in ZIP 22026 that already sits outside town limits. Staff has not picked properties. Council has not authorized talks with the county or the Commission on Local Government. Town Manager Tangela Innis said the contract is decision-support so officials can learn whether a line change is even worth pursuing. It would not annex anyone.
Manassas police have charged three men in the First Friday shootout that killed a 16-year-old Patriot High School student, Gov. Abigail Spanberger left a Manassas stop Wednesday without answering questions about the case, Prince William County will hold a 25th-anniversary 9/11 ceremony Thursday evening at Sean T. Connaughton Plaza, VDOT will close Catharpin Road in Spotsylvania next week for pipe repairs, Fredericksburg plans a Friday morning commemoration, Honor Flight veterans will visit the National Museum of the Marine Corps on Sept. 11, the governor is standing up a state digital service after a $52 million child-support system loss, the Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra opens its season Sept. 19, and Manassas Park has a yard sale and Latino Fest this weekend.
According to WJLA, Manassas City police said Wednesday that 19-year-old Xavier Wanzer confronted 21-year-old Tasheem Douglas during First Friday near the downtown train depot on Sept. 4, and that Douglas fired at Wanzer, missed, and struck 16-year-old Patriot High School student Ashley, an uninvolved bystander whose family authorized police to use her first name. As Douglas fled, police said Wanzer and 23-year-old Talib Davis returned fire from the depot parking lot. Douglas, already charged with second-degree murder, remains hospitalized; Wanzer and Davis were arrested Tuesday. WJLA reported all three men have criminal histories and were out on bond or a summons at the time.
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Marine Corps Base Quantico has publicly addressed the water disruption for the first time, posting a notice that the Mainside distribution system experienced a suspected water-main break on the evening of Sept. 7 that nearly emptied the installations below-ground treated-water reservoir.
The base has not confirmed the cause. Officials also did not say how many people were without service or how long the disruption lasted.
Prince William County police reported a brandishing arrest in Woodbridge, burglaries and an attempted burglary in Dumfries, and a juvenile charged with brandishing near Manassas. Stafford County deputies arrested two men on DUI charges and one on petit larceny and public intoxication.
On September 9, officers responded to a residence in the 17200 block of Larkin Ct in Dumfries for a burglary. Between September 7 at 9 p.m. and September 8 at 9 p.m., a basement window was shattered and entry made. Jewelry was reported missing. No suspect information was available.
Two suspects were already out on bond, police chief says
Manassas police announced Wednesday that three men are in custody in the Friday night shooting that killed 16-year-old Patriot High School student Ashley Intihar during First Friday in Old Town.
Updated Sept. 10, 2026: Chelsea Quintern wrote Potomac Local on Thursday evening to correct two name spellings, note that her daughter Rylee was also at the meeting, and report that Joshua’s post-meeting scan showed no evidence of disease.
Coles District Supervisor Yesli Vega’s chief of staff, Chelsea Quintern, returned to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors dais on Sept. 1 with her son Joshua beside her as the Board marked Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Their daughter, Rylee, was also present. Quintern later said Rylee has not had cancer but “experienced a major change in her life because of childhood cancer, too.”
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors marked a slate of September awareness dates at its Sept. 1 meeting, highlighting recovery, preparedness, voting access, kinship care and forensic work ahead of events later this month.
Recovery Month centers on the third annual Recovery is Real gathering Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the AJ Ferlazzo Building. The free-lunch event carries the theme “Recovery is Real, Restoring Every Aspect of Life.” Community Services Behavioral Health Program Manager Tanya invited the public to attend.
