Dumfries Mayor Derrick R. Wood won re-election Tuesday in unofficial results, defeating Brian K. Fields.
Wood received 911 votes (57.51%) to Fields’ 664 (41.92%). Write-ins totaled 9 (0.57%).
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Virginia voters approved three constitutional amendments on Tuesday. Unofficial local results show majorities in Prince William County, Stafford County, Manassas City and Fredericksburg City also voted yes on each question.
The amendments are:
Democratic incumbents held both Northern Virginia congressional seats that cover parts of the Potomac Local coverage area.
In the 7th District, Rep. Eugene S. Vindman defeated Republican Doug A. Ollivant and several independent and Libertarian candidates. Statewide district totals from the Virginia Department of Elections showed Vindman with 59.69% (191,316 votes) to Ollivant’s 37.76% (121,005). In Stafford County, which is entirely in the 7th, Vindman received 58.21% (38,709) to Ollivant’s 39.48% (26,249).
Prosecutors rested their case in the murder trial of Naresh Bhatt after emotional testimony from the brother of Mamta Kafle Bhatt, NBC Washington reported.
A forensic expert also testified about blood evidence, which NBC Washington said connected key points for the prosecution. Watch News4’s report.
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The Town of Dumfries will hold its Miracle on Main Street Holiday Parade from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28.
Individuals, businesses and organizations are invited to sign up to march in the parade, the town said in a post on its Facebook page.
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Prince William County Registrar Eric Olsen is turning down a U.S. Department of Justice request to place observers inside county polling places on Election Day, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
Olsen said the request came too late and that the department has not shown the county is falling short on civil-rights rules. The county let DOJ observers in during the August primary.
Manassas Journal reports the Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning change Oct. 20 that expands the county’s E-Commerce Overlay District.
The amendment adds parcels southeast of the Bristow Road and Nokesville Road intersection, near Bristoe Station Battlefield Historic Park, allowing additional distribution and fulfillment activities on light-industrial land.
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Updated Oct. 31, 2026: This story has been updated to reflect that the crash happened in the Yorkshire area of Prince William County. Police used a Manassas postal address.
Prince William County police say a 33-year-old Manassas man died early Saturday after his car crossed into oncoming traffic on Centreville Road and struck another vehicle.
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