Prince William County Government press release

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors recently approved funding agreements with the Virginia Department of Transportation, or VDOT, for a total of $3.25 million to build and administer two sidewalks that will make pedestrians safer in the Town of Occoquan and along Token Forest Drive in the Coles Magisterial District.


A Manassas Park man faces charges after a 13-year-old girl said a man picked her up in a truck and sexually assaulted her.

On Thursday, December 15, detectives identified a suspect sought in connection to the sexual assault that was reported to have occurred at Prince William Parkway and Hoadly Road.


The politics in the Potomac District are heating up as two Democrats vie for their party’s nomination for the Prince William Board of County Supervisors seat.

Incumbent Andrea Bailey, in office since January 202o, announced her bid for re-election in 2023. She was part of the class that flipped control of the board from Republicans to Democrats for the first time in county history and replaced the long-serving Maureen Caddigan, who retired in 2019.


Virginia Railway Express is higher costs and fewer riders when it goes to approve its $191 million budget during its Operations Board meeting tomorrow, December 16, 2022.

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Tomorrow, Friday, December 16, is the last day to nominate a local business as the Prince William Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year for 2022.

The chamber’s annual Business Awards will take place on Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 5  to  9:30 p.m. at Heritage Hunt Golf and Country Club, 6901 Arthur Hills Drive in Gainesville.


Bob Weir announced his intent to run for the vacant Prince William Board of County Supervisors Gainesville District seat.  Supervisor Peter Candland announced his resignation from the seat effective Friday, December 16.

Weir just won a seat on the Haymarket Town Council, where he has served five terms. He’s also served five terms on the Haymarket Planning Commission and has a proven track record and reputation for achieving results for the residents of Haymarket and the Gainesville District.


A woman wanted in connection to the death of an infant who overdosed on Fentanyl turned herseflt into police.

On December 13, police arrested Tiffany Nicole Stokes on charges of felony homicide and felony child neglect in connection to the death of her young child that was reported to have occurred at an apartment located in the 14700 block of Soapstone Drive in Gainesville on June 23, was arrested.


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