The annual Bluebell Festival returns Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Merrimac Farm, 15014 Deepwood Lane, Nokesville, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. It’s a great way to see the Virginia Bluebell flower, the official flower of Prince William County.
Hundreds attend the free event each year.
Three hero Marines jumped into action to prevent a stabbing during an altercation at Chick-fil-A in North Stafford on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
The Stafford Sheriff’s office tells us: (more…)
Updated — The woman killed after a police pursuit that ended near the National Museum of the Marine Corps was a kidnap victim, reports The Ithica Voice.
Tatiana David was abducted from her Ithaca, N.Y. home at 7 a.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2023. At about 9:40 p.m., police in Fairfax County, Virginia, spotted the car she was traveling in and tried to conduct a traffic stop. More.
The extended lunch period known as “power hour” has ended at one Stafford County high school.
Colonial Forge Principal Gregory Daniel announced power hour was over following a fight between two multiple students, prompting a 911 call to the school. So far, the sheriff’s office says students were involved in fights that broke out at 10:40 a.m. today, Wednesday, April 5, 2023.
Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears used the podium in Prince William County to encourage Republicans to vote early.
Sears urged Republicans to participate in the growing practice of mail-in voting, a practice more Democrats than Republicans have adopted since introduced in Virginia in 2020. Sears said Rep. Jennifer Higgins (R-Virginia Beach) lost Virginia Beach City because more voters cast mail-in absentee ballots for the Democrat in the race. Kiggans won the overall vote but would have performed better had more Republicans voted, said Sears.
A fire displaced seven people from homes in Stafford County.
The fire broke out at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.
Metz Middle School Principal Gary Morris provided the Manassas City Council with an update about students at its campus.
The first-year principal highlighted the school’s intellectual disabilities program, which allows students to volunteer in the community. Students in the program regularly volunteer at Grace Methodist Church in Manassas.
Someone is shooting at cars on Interstate 66 at Prince William / Fauquier county line.
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