DUMFRIES, Va. — Those who want to learn to speak English as a second language are attending classes at the Dumfries Community Center.
Sonia Hoehn leads ESL classes on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon in a classroom at the center next to Town Hall on Main Street. The sessions are free, and would-be students must register with Literacy Volunteers of America – Prince William County to participate in the classes.
DALE CITY, Va. — Virginia’s seventh $1 million Powerball jackpot winner in the past four weeks claimed his prize in Dale City.
Officials with the Virginia Lottery said Michael DeFonde, of Woodbridge, purchased his winning ticket from a BP gas station at the corner of Mapledale Avenue and Dale Boulevard.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — The future of travel to Dulles International Airport will be on display Wednesday night in Manassas.
Virginia transportation officials identified the corridor where a new North-South highway could be built. The area identified was once home to the much talked about Tri-County Parkway that was to link Prince William and Loudoun counties.
UPDATE 12:20 p.m.
School is back in session at McAuliffe Elementary School. More in a statement from schools spokeswoman Irene Cromer:
QUANTICO, Va. — Pile driving work has begun near the Quantico Marine Corps Base as part of the Interstate 95 Express Lanes Project.
The work is underway near Joplin Road (Exit 150) on I-95. Transportation officials said the pile driving work will support the foundation of a new bridge that will run over Joplin Road.
DUMIFRES, Va. — School officials in Prince William County say don’t be alarmed if you can’t get through to Graham Park Middle School.
The phone lines are not working at the Dumfries school, and officials said Verizon is working to fix the issue.
DALE CITY, Va. — Police are looking for a man who police said sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl inside of her Dale City home.
More in a press release from police:
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Rape – On December 16th at 12:55AM, detectives from the Special Victims Bureau responded to investigate a rape which was reported to have occurred in the 15100 block of Catalpa Ct in Woodbridge (22193). The investigation revealed that the victim, a 22 year old woman of Fredericksburg, met the accused online and was at his residence in the above area that evening. While at his residence, the accused raped the victim. After the encounter, the victim went to a nearby fire station where police were contacted. Following the investigation, the accused was arrested.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — First a new name for Woodbridge’s hospital, and now new signs to mark the medical center.
Prince William County officials this month approved a request to place new signs on Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (formerly Potomac Hospital).
DUMFRIES, Va. — Dumfries officials have responded to a mass shooting at a school in Connecticut with a stronger police presence in the small town.
More in a press release from Mayor Jerry Foreman:
