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.
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.
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.
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.
Residents and grassroots groups held a roughly 40-minute press conference Thursday evening outside the NTT data center complex at 13710 Daves Store Lane in Gainesville to call for a 12-month pause on new data center applications that require a vote by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. Organizers said the pause is needed so the county can update buffers, setbacks, noise rules, lighting standards, and other protections before more projects advance.
Speakers included Rina Stapp of Save Braemar, Carolee Carrington of Wentworth Green, Catherine Kulik of the HOA Roundtable, Patrick Harters, and Dalton Nichols of the Occoquan District. They described impacts from noise and large industrial fans, light trespass and non-dark-sky-compliant fixtures, diesel generators, power demand they said is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of homes for this campus alone, rising electricity bills, and proximity to homes, schools, and the Occoquan Reservoir Protective Area.
A Gainesville man who held a top secret security clearance pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that helped North Korean IT workers get remote jobs at U.S. companies, InsideNoVa reported.
John Allen Kurrle Jr., 62, worked for a U.S. government defense contractor from June to August 2025, according to federal court documents.
Attorneys in Naresh Bhatt’s murder trial argued Thursday over whether statements Mamta Kafle Bhatt allegedly made to her brother about abuse by her husband can be heard by jurors, WUSA 9 reported.
Judge Kimberly Irving ruled some of the 12 statements are admissible and some are not. Mahesh Kafle’s testimony that his sister told him she felt unsafe will be allowed, as will her statements about what she feared her husband would do if he found out she was taking pictures. Other specific statements about what Naresh Bhatt allegedly did to her will not be allowed.
