DALE CITY, Va. — There is an increased need in our area this season to provide a bit of Christmas cheer for some needy children in Prince William County.
The area’s Un-Trim A Tree holiday gift giving program has seen a 24-percent increase in the number of children who need gifts this year. The program has over 5,000 children “adopted” or identified as needing gifts this year. For about 2,400 of the youngsters, Un-Trim A Tree organizer Mary Foley doesn’t know where the gifts will come from.
By KRISTINA SCHNACK KOTLUS
Schools and Education Reporter
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Elementary and high school students in Prince William County took a step toward “bridging the gap” in technology access through an innovative program that began locally.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Montreus Peterson, age 18, of Woodford, Virginia. Peterson has been charged with 1 Count of Shooting at an Occupied Dwelling and 1 Count of Reckless Handling of a Firearm. He is currently incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.
Peterson was charged as a result of an incident that occurred on the evening on Saturday, November 24, 2012, where deputies responded to a residence in the Olde Forge subdivision in Stafford. The Sheriff’s Office investigation has indicated that Peterson shot several times into a residence and then fled the scene after being spotted by a Stafford deputy.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Two men are under arrest and a Stafford County supervisor’s family has come together to offer support for their son.
Grant Reid Weber and Travis Christopher Milde, both 20-years-old, have been tied to a case involving breaking and entering, assault and batter, and vandalism that occurred in Stafford County.
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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — On Saturday, December 1, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Prince William County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is hosting their Third Annual Rolling Out the Red Carpet Book Signing Event at the Prince William Association of Realtors (PWAR) Building, located at 4545 Daisy Reid Avenue, Woodbridge, VA 22192.
TRIANGLE, Va. — Virginia highway crews are on the scene of an overturned dump truck.
Virginia Megaprojects reports the truck overturned at mile post 148 on Interstate 95, near the back entrance to Quantico Marine Corps Base. Dirt was spilled in the left lane but no one was injured.
Court records show the son of a realtor operating from a home-based business near Manassas faces charges after police found a large sum of money and illegal drugs.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Bus commuters in Prince William County will now have new seats on 13 new buses.
Providers of OmniRide and OmniLink, the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission said the new buses have been delivered to their headquarters in Woodbridge. They will not be used to increase service, but to replace older buses that are rapidly aging.
The parade is the largest holiday parade in Northern Virginia and has a little bit of something for all of the average 60,000 spectators who attend.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Do you hold a ticket for the Prancer Express? It’s leaving the station later than some might think.
Virginia Railway Express has corrected the departure time for the holiday express train – one of several Santa Trains the agency will run on Saturday Dec. 8. The train will leave the Woodbridge station at 10:30 a.m., not 9:30 a.m. as was originally posted online.
