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Prince William County is the next school division in our region to consider installing metal detectors.

The state’s second-largest school division aims to place Evolv Express Lanes or metal-detecting scanners at its high schools. If it does, the division will follow Manassas City Public Schools, which voted to install the same type of metal detector at Osbourn High School, the city’s only high school.


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Stafford County General District Court Judge Jane M. Reynolds released a woman on bond just hours after she was arrested.

Sheriff’s deputies spent two weeks looking for the woman, whom they said twice eluded them in two high-speed pursuits where the she exceeded speeds of 100 mph, putting others on the road at risk.


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On February 22 at 6:13 p.m., officers responded to investigate a potential threat of violence made towards Lake Ridge Middle School, located at 12350 Mohican Road in Lake Ridge.

The investigation revealed that an unknown individual, later identified as a student of another school, posted threats directed toward the school over Snapchat. A student who received the message immediately informed a family member, who contacted the police.


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Call it a canary in the coal mine. Call it the result of years of residents pleading for their local leaders to hear them. Call it a referendum on data centers.

Whatever you call it, the landslide election of Bob Weir to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors with more than 60% of the vote should serve as a wake-up call to those in power in not only Prince William County but those who see data centers as a cash cow for their respective jurisdictions.


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Prince William County General Registrar Eric Olsen says a Washington State-based ballot printing service claimed responsibility for a $10,000 Election Day snafu.

Olsen said that K&H Printing in Everette, Washington, produced larger ballots than ballot-scanning machines in Prince William County could accommodate. The error led to a small number of ballots being hand counted in a Special Election on Tuesday, February 24, 2023.


Schools

The Manassas City School Board is asking the city council to allow it to spend nearly $11 million on the largest office building in Manassas.

With the purchase, the city council threatens the school board to categorically fund the school division in future years if it doesn’t start constructing a new Jennie Dean Elementary School before July 2025. Historically, the city council — which funds the school system due to the school board’s lack of taxing authority — has given a lump sum of cash to pay for school operations, no questions asked.


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Virginia officials are concerned there may not be enough electricity to go around and power Northern Virginia’s data centers under extreme conditions.

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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Prince William County needs volunteers for its upcoming annual event on Saturday, June 10, 2023, at the Harris Pavilion in Downtown Manassas.

A meeting will be held for interested community members on Tuesday, March 7th, 2023, at 7 pm at Manassas Church of Christ Fellowship Hall at 8110 Signal Hill Road, near Manassas.