DALE CITY, Va. — The stands were packed at Prince William Ice Center on Saturday afternoon as the National Capital Region “Eagles” Hockey team took on the FDNY “Fire and Ice” at the Dale City ice rink. The “Toys for Tots Hockey Classic” raised money through ticket sales, a raffle, and games provided by Glory Days Grill. Marines were on hand to man stations and hold doors for spectators, as well as to collect toys for the program.
UPDATE
Prince William County Public Schools provided the following information about this afternoon’s bus crash:
EXCLUSIVE
By URIAH KISER
11:35 p.m.
Seven out of the eight affected NOVEC substations are back online. Customers in Stafford still affected.
FROM POLICE REPORTS
Found Human Remains – On December 9th at 1:28PM, police responded to the 17900 block of Joplin Rd in Triangle (22172) for a report of discovered human remains.
DUMFRIES, Va. — The procession began at Town Hall and ended at the Dumfries Shopping Center where holiday revelers gathered for a block party.
The annual Dumfries Christmas Parade was held Saturday under the theme “Christmas Past, Present, and Future,” and hundreds of people lined U.S. 1 to see the marching bands, floats, classic cars, and Santa Claus himself.
UPDATE
Harrell Road was reopened after repairs were reportedly made to a broken gate at a water crossing there.
Nearly 70 years after he earned it, an 88-year-old World War II veteran finally received his Bronze Star for Heroism at a ceremony in Congressman Gerry Connolly’s district office in Fairfax County on Friday.
Washington native and current Prince William County resident John “Jack” Faulconer Jr. was an 18-year-old infantryman assigned to a machine gun squad in Patton’s 3rd Army when he landed on Omaha Beach a few weeks after D-Day in 1944. Subsequently, he was severely wounded in a battle that killed two of his squad members.
UPDATE
The Hylton Center late Saturday afternoon noted the cause of Saturday morning commotion at the performing arts center was actually a malfunctioning water pump.
STAFFORD, Va. — A pedestrian was sent to a hospital early Friday after an oncoming car struck her.
Virginia State Police were called to the area of Bells Hill Road and Aster Lane, just off U.S. 1, when a 51-year-old woman was struck while walking on the side of the road about 7:30 a.m.
