A pedestrian has died after being struck by a car near Manassas.
Police were called to the area of Balls Ford and Sudley roads at 5 a.m. to investigate a hit and run crash. A preliminary investigation revealed that the operator of a silver-colored sedan was turning west onto Balls Ford Road from Sudley Road and struck a pedestrian who was crossing Sudley Road.
She’s in. She’s out. Now she’s back in.
Lavangelene Aereka “Vangie” Williams says she’ll participate in a Democratic forum scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 3 on Facebook Live. The two-time candidate for Virginia’s 1st Congressional District will face a Primary opponent, Qasim Rashid, who last year ran for the 28th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates Senate seat and lost to Joshua Cole Richard Stuart (R).
Seniors at Prince William County high schools that were supposed to walk across the graduation stage this spring will have their chance after all.
The county School Board will announce during an emergency evening meeting on Wednesday, May 6, 2020, that all 12 high schools will hold an in-person graduation ceremony during the first full week of August. The division plans to allow each school to hold a graduation ceremony inside its football stadium.
Every day, thousands of cars travel along Route 234 to get from one end of Prince William County to the other. Crossing the Occoquan River near Manassas, one can see the Lake Jackson Dam standing steady as it has for over 90 years.
Residents who live in the single-family homes that make up the Lake Jackson community get to enjoy the lake the dam created for both recreation and aesthetic value. While many people in the area appreciate waterfront living, the rising costs to maintain the dam, the safety risk it poses have county officials concerned.
These Prince William County students took home honors in a regional science fair.
The Prince William County Service Authority (SA) recently honored 10 area students for their water-related entries in the 2020 Prince William-Manassas Regional Science and Engineering Fair held last month at the Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center in Manassas.
Prince William Food Rescue has delivered 500,000 pounds of rescued food.
The initiative started in August 2019. The rescue distributes food that would have otherwise been thrown away and it has reached this benchmark in less than a year.
Five high school sophomores has started a 3-D printing business to help fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The students, from Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School near Woodbridge, kicked their small 3D-printing business into high-gear, and a Woodbridge Senior High School teacher is working in his home basement to help in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus virus. The sophomore students are making 3D-printed masks for local first responders.
The Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously approved a request to add approximately 84 acres of land into an agricultural and forestal district during their board meeting on April 28.
Located near the Nokesville School, the first parcel, located at 13063 Hickerson Lane, is 80 acres. It will be used for fields, forestry, crops, and livestock. The second four-acre parcel is located at 13209 Farmview Road, known as the Madera Farm. It will be used as a “wooded lot to be forested,” according to county documents.
