Updated 12:15 p.m. Jan. 9, 2024
Gernamna Community College: Due to inclement weather, all Germanna locations will close at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 9, 2024.
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Insidenova.com: “Every morning before the bell rings to mark the beginning of the school day, students across Prince William County stream into school buildings through the lanes of a new weapons detection system, backpacks strapped on the front of their bodies and laptops out.”
A second suspect in the day-after-Christmas slayings at a Denny’s restaurant outside Manassas in 2019 pled guilty.
Ryan Thomas Walker, 26, will serve 17 years in prison and then five years probation for his role in the killings. Walker and 25-year-old Jordan Anderson walked into the restaurant at 8201 Sudley Road on Dec. 26, 2019, to kill, police said.
Virginia Scope: “Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Prince William, Stafford) filed a bill that would allow ‘Dreamers’ to become either a chief of police, police officer of a locality, deputy sheriff, jail officer or law-enforcement officer in Virginia.”
“McPike says the request for this bill came from the Prince William County Police Department. “They have a great candidate who grew up here, and this is the only country she knows and loves. She has always dreamed of being a police officer,” he said in an interview.”
Historic Manassas, Inc.: “The application to Manassas’s 2024 Banner Art Contest is open. Closing on January 19, 2024, the winning banners will be displayed on the light poles located around Old Town Manassas.”
“The banners will stay up spring through fall of 2024. With first place receiving a $300 prize, second $200, and third with $100. View previous winners online.”
Interstate 95 Northbound: Exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton): Tuesday – Wednesday, 9 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. Single lane closure between mile markers 132-134 for work zone barrier repair. I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing construction.
Stafford County: Route 17: Sunday – Thursday, 9 p.m. – 7 a.m. Alternating single northbound and southbound lane closures on Route 17 at the bridge over Deep Run. Bridge maintenance.
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