The last time gas prices spiked like this was following Hurricane Katrina, AAA Mid Atlantic says.
Fuel prices in the region continued their upward climb over the weekend forcing drivers to pay more to get where they’re going.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– More money will offset the impact of proposed fare increases for OmniRide commuter buses, transit officials say.
Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission has presented its proposed 2012 operating budget, which has the agency spending $36.2 million dollars to maintain service. No new services will be added as part of the proposed budget.
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But passengers this morning from Fredericksburg to Manassas had to deal with problems created by yesterday’s rain.
About 4:30 a.m., drivers headed to the Bull Run station at Manassas Regional Airport found out the access road to the station, Piper Lane, had been flooded out. The transit agency told drivers to find an alternate route to the station.
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A fire and rescue vehicle from the Potomac Hills Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department was sitting in the right southbound lane of U.S. 1, just south of Boswell’s Corner, preventing drivers from traveling through a large pool of water that formed on the highway.
Police were called about 10:40 a.m. after a railroad employee who spotted human remains near Pohick Road overpass and Interstate 95.
The victim has not been identified, but police say a train had recently struck the victim.
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Police in Lorton were called to the 8500 block of Koulder Court, off Southrun Road, just before midnight Thursday after a 28-year-old said a strange man appeared out of nowhere and touched her inappropriately, police said.
Investigators said the man grabbed her from behind and then touched her, but ran off after she screamed for help.
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Rental records show 49-year-old Aaron H. Thomas lived on Bonita Court, off Brooke Drive in the Birchdale section of Dale City from 2000 until 2007.
Records also show he attended school in Prince Georges County, and The Washington Post reported Friday Thomas still has family who live in the Berryville, Va. area.
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Woodbridge, Va. –– A Maryland man has been charged with taking indecent liberties with a child.
Fairfax County police are looking for three people they say did not appear on their scheduled court dates. Now they’re asking for the public’s help to find them.
Jose Arnoldo Guzman, 41, is wanted for failing to appear in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, and on three charges of violation of a protective order, police said.