On June 16 Manassas City police, working with the Northern Virginia-Washington D.C. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, arrested 23-year old Manassas man David Battle.
The arrest comes after a month-long investigation, where Manassas City police was looking into the exploitation of children on the Internet, according to a Manassas City police release.
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is applying for a federal grant to get funds for more officers.
The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants are funded through the U.S. Department of Justice, and are meant to assist law enforcement agencies with staffing needs.
On the evening of June 15, Prince William police responded to a call for a robbery at the Tackett’s Mill Shopping Center in Woodbridge.
According to Prince William police, the victim – a 69-year old Woodbridge woman – told police that she was walking through the parking lot at the shopping center when she was approached by an unknown individual.
On Friday, Saturday and Sunday night, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews will continue work on a new storm sewer line.
The installation of the line is part of the $69.9 million widening project being done on Route 28.
Parker Haller had a 4 percent chance of walking after an accident three years ago, but he astounded classmates and doctors by walking across the stage to receive his high school diploma. [See more at NBCWashington.com]
Women In Community Action (WICA) recently held a reception for their 2015 academic scholarship recipients and their families at Hylton Senior High School in Woodbridge. All four recipients were chosen based upon their grade point averages, community service activities, and participation in school and community extracurricular activities. The scholarship funds will be sent directly to the universities of their choosing in the fall.
WICA was founded in 1976 in Dale City and currently has 20 members from Prince William and Stafford counties. Each scholarship is named after one of the founders such as The Deloris Hampton Memorial Scholarship; The Mary Williams Memorial Scholarship; The Fannie W. Fitzgerald Scholarship; and The Clara L. Harris Scholarship. Through the years, WICA has promoted academic excellence in our youth. The organization’s signature activity, which began in 1979, is the Debutante Ball which is held on even years for high school junior and senior young ladies. Some other activities of WICA have included youth mentoring, adopting a family in need, financially supporting college students in need, Action Through Community Service (ACTS), Project Mind-A-House, the Arts through CAPAC, providing holiday dinners to families in need, contributing to the local women’s shelter, Relay for Life Cancer Walk, the Teen Summit, and the Martin Luther King annual program.
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Years after closing a location on Prince William Parkway in, Fuddruckers reopened Tuesday in Woodbridge.
The car taxi service Uber is pushing further into the suburbs.
An Uber driver set up shop under a tent at a Silver Diner restaurant on Smoketown Road in Woodbridge on Tuesday to recruit new drivers. In exchange for signing up to drive for Uber, the company agreed to give new recruits a $50 gas card.
A plan for a reimagined Dale City calls for neighborhoods that are friendly to pedestrians, bus riders, and drivers.
These new neighborhoods must have better crosswalks so people can easily cross Dale City’s main thoroughfare Dale Boulevard. And while there’s already commuter and local bus service along the corridor, a plan calls for even more transit service along Dale Boulevard.
