Virginia’s highway crews will closely watch the weather as a pre-Christmas storm approaches.
According to the Virginia Department of Transportation, The National Weather Service forecast shows winter weather will impact the region from overnight Wednesday through Friday. The forecast shows the potential for freezing rain and sleet periods, below-freezing temperatures, heavy rain, and high winds.
Prince William County Republicans will hold a mass meeting on January 4, 2023, to select its nominee for the Special Election to fill the Gainesville District Supervisor seat.
The mass meeting is planned to be held at Battlefield High School. It will be open to any registered voter residing in the Gainesville district who promises to support the election of the candidate nominated, states a press release.
Eight people are homeless in the days leading up to Christmas after a fire at a home near Manassas.
At 1:22 a.m. today, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, units were dispatched to the 10300 block of Lomond Drive near Manassas for a report of a single-family dwelling on fire.
Good Afternoon
The American Legion Post #28 (Buck Keyes) in Triangle, Virginia is celebrating 100 years of comradery and community service to the state of Virginia and the United States of America. The Post will be hosting a Centennial celebration on October 10th, 2026, from 12 noon until 6 pm. Free food and fun for all! Please publish our invitation to the public as you possibly can. Thank you. The address and the Point of Contact are as follows:
The Prince William Chamber of Commerce aims to bring a delegation of business owners to Richmond ahead of the General Assembly session in January for Chamber Day at the Capitol.
The event on Thursday, January 19, 2023 will include an evening of networking reception with fellow Chamber members and guests from the General Assembly, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors, Manassas, and Manassas Park.
Between 9 p.m. and 10 a.m. the following morning, varying single to double-lane closures are scheduled nightly south of exit 140 (Courthouse Road) in Stafford County and between exit 136 (Centreport Parkway) and exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton) in Stafford.
During these work zones, all southbound traffic may be stopped for up to 30-minute intervals between midnight and 3 a.m. each morning.
Occoquan will light the town Menorah tonight during a public celebration starting at 6 p.m.
Mayor Earnie Porta writes:
Prince William County residents with curbside yard waste collection can set their Christmas trees and other holiday greenery at the curb for collection.
Residents should remove all ornaments, decorations, tinsel, nails, and the tree stands and sets the empty tree and greenery at the curb for pickup as a part of yard waste collection by your waste and recycling collection service provider during the first two full weeks of January.
This morning, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, soldiers Derek Eich and Brock Emery of the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon presented students at Widewater Elementary School with a commemorative plaque after the kindergarten class won a naming contest for “Gunther,” one of the platoon’s new horses.
The two soldiers answered particular questions about Gunther, including “How soft is Gunther,” (He’s the softest horse ever) “How fast can Gunther run,” (about 35 mph) and “How many friends does Gunther have?” (About 48)
Fredericksburg police report shots fired in two separate areas of the city.
Shots on Fall Hill Avenue were fired near Mary Washington Hosptial, while Howard Street is located south of Downtown.
