Virginia Republican leaders asked Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday to call a special session and suspend the state gasoline and diesel taxes for 90 days, WTOP reports.
“This is about giving our voters, our constituents, Virginians, a temporary pause in the gas tax, so that life becomes more affordable,” House Minority Leader Terry Kilgore, R-Scott, said.
Prince William Parks & Recreation, Amazon, and KABOOM! will build a kid-designed inclusive playground Friday, Oct. 23, at George Hellwig Memorial Park, the county said.
Volunteers start at 8 a.m. A build-week celebration, with remarks and photos, is set for 2:30 p.m. The park is at 14420 Bristow Road in Manassas, next to the Dr. Richard Tami Miracle Field. The county said the playground should serve more than 900 children a year.
Expanded testing found no lasting harm to the Potomac River from January’s collapse of the Potomac Interceptor sewer line, DC Water said.
“These results are reassuring. They reconfirm what earlier testing indicated — that the river has returned to normal,” Interim General Manager Matthew T. Brown said.
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Prince William County added boys volleyball at all 13 of its high schools this fall, WTOP reports.
A school spokesperson put the startup cost at more than $176,000. Colgan’s team opened the season 8-0.
Gita Kafle told a Manassas courtroom she and her daughter often video-called two or three times a day until the calls stopped around July 30, 2024, DC News Now reports.
She said she reached Naresh Bhatt about five days later and he told her Mamta had gone to work and had not come back. The trial recessed Thursday until Tuesday at 9 a.m. Detective Claudia Ventura of Manassas Park Police is expected back on the stand. The paper said about an hour of body-camera video from her August 2024 interviews with Bhatt was played Thursday.
UPDATE, 12:55 p.m.: A motorcycle driver died at the scene after a vehicle struck the motorcycle on Warrenton Road in Stafford County, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. The crash was at the intersection of Village Parkway and Warrenton Road at about 4:50 a.m.
The sheriff’s office said the motorcycle had broken down in the left through lane when the vehicle hit it. Both directions were closed while medical aid was given and the Traffic Safety Unit started its investigation. The road reopened a few hours later. The office said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene and next of kin has been notified. It did not release a name. It said the initial investigation shows no indication that impairment or speed was a factor. The office asked anyone with information or camera footage to contact Deputy Martin at [email protected] or 540-658-4450.
Prince William County Parks and Recreation is taking registration for the 2026 First Tee benefit tournament on Friday, Oct. 23, at Forest Greens Golf Club in Triangle. The department said in an Oct. 1 advisory that a $115 ticket covers 18 holes, a cart, range balls, a post-round lunch and prizes, and that last year’s tournament raised more than $3,000 for First Tee of Prince William County.
Check-in is at 8 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 9 a.m. at 4500 Poa Annua Lane. The advisory does not give a registration deadline, and it does not list sponsorship prices. The county’s 2025 advisory for the same tournament said the prior year raised over $9,000. This year’s note says more than $3,000. The release does not explain the gap.
Stafford County Public Schools told families Wednesday afternoon that a routine shelter-in-place drill at one school set off an alert across every school in the division. The division said the alert was tied to the drill and that there was no emergency and no danger to students or staff.
The note, sent at 3:15 p.m., did not name the school where the drill started and did not say whether the alert had been cleared. Shelter-in-place drills are for severe weather, including tornadoes. The division said Safety and Security and Technology teams were still checking why the false alarm spread and working to fix it.
Prince William County police said officers found shell casings Tuesday night after shots were fired at Avana Stoney Ridge Apartments in Woodbridge. No one was reported hurt. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office daily incident report listed a locker theft at a Garrisonville Road gym and a shoplifting arrest at Target.
On October 6 at 8:31 p.m., officers responded to Avana Stoney Ridge Apartments, in the 14400 block of Artery Lane in Woodbridge (22192), to investigate a report of shots fired, the Wednesday daily incident report said. The investigation revealed multiple gunshots were heard, and a gray SUV and three unknown individuals were seen leaving the area. Officers located multiple shell casings in the parking lot. No injuries or damage to property were reported.
