Hurricane Laura is now bringing damaging winds and floods through central and northern Louisiana.
Meanwhile, the Gulf Coast is still experiencing high water levels.
Prince William
Tropical Storm Laura is expected to reach hurricane status as it makes landfall in the Gulf Coast tonight. Extreme winds and flash flooding along the Northwest Gulf Coast are expected, as well as a catastrophic storm surge.
Laura’s trajectory will send it northeast from Texas and Louisiana.
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The man that prompted the barricade is in police custody.
Plainclothes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have targeted and pulled over at least two people in their vehicles and arrested them on immigration charges in Woodbridge and Manassas in recent weeks, a tactic local attorneys say they have never seen before.
We’re closely watching Tropical Storm, as it may have an effect on our region over the weekend.
More on that below, but first, Wednesday will be sunny with a chance of rain in the afternoon.
More people are being arrested in Prince William County, but, the overall crime rate is down.
A total of 12,644 people were placed in handcuffs in the county in 2019, according to the police department’s just-released annual report. That’s 99 more people than a year ago.
Just across the Occoquan River from Prince William County, a memorial will be built to remember the women suffragists who fought for the right to vote.
To celebrate and honor the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote, Fairfax County is hosting multiple museum exhibitions, events, and constructing a memorial. The county, according to a press release, has a ‘remarkable connection to the women’s suffrage movement, beyond its proximity to the nation’s capital city.’
On August 22, 2020, Montclair celebrated the Chartering of a new youth club called the Montclair Leo Club, sponsored by the Montclair Lions Club.
More in a press release
Tuesday will be hot and sunny during the day, followed by showers at night.
Two boaters were plucked from the Neabsco Creek early Saturday morning, Aug. 22, 2020.
Rescue boats were dispatched at 12:29 a.m. for a disabled boat near a railroad bridge that carries Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak, and freight trains over the Neabcsco Creek, near Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge.