Health officials have their eyes trained on the Zika virus.
The spreader of the virus thought to cause birth defects in newborn children is the Asian Tiger Mosquito, one of the most common in Prince William County. With the Zika threat migrating north, public health officials are sped up the time it takes to get test results returned to check if someone is positive for the virus.
A raccoon bit the hands of a Montclair man on Saturday.
Police issued a wild animal advisory following the attacked they call “unusual.”
Virginia Railway Express trains that travel both north and south all day, more bike lanes, and more commuter parking are just some of the transportation wishes for the group tasked determining what Prince William County will need as its population grows.
Nowhere on the big list was an extension of Metro rail to the county, something advocates have long called for despite the Washington, D.C. subway system’s funding issues and crumbling infrastructure.
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Special Olympics Virginia on Thursday will kick off its Law Enforcement Torch Run in Occoquan.
“We will celebrate this partnership at the Law Enforcement Torch Run Kick-Off Ceremony, May 26 at 11:30 am in Historic Occoquan (200 Mill Street), during which we will officially light the “Flame of Hope” as officers prepare to run it thousands of miles to Richmond. The Ceremony, which commences the countdown to Summer Games (June 10-11 in Richmond), will bring more than 100 law enforcement officers from across Virginia to Northern Virginia, as well as Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill, the 2016 State Chair of the Virginia Torch Run.”
A 71-year-old man who lives in Lake Ridge is charged with impersonating a police officer.
More in a police press release:
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About 200 people came to the lawn of the Manassas Museum on Sunday to celebrate the second-annual Cajun Occasion.
We first told about a new Sheetz store coming to the corner of Telegraph and Caton Hill roads back in October.
This morning we received a press release from commerical real estate firm Graysteel about the closing of the land deal. The new store should be open by July.
