Prince William

Prince William Sheriff Glen Hill is growing his eviction team at a time the number of evictions in the county are on the decline.

The county’s Board of Supervisors increased funding for the courthouse in this year’s budget to the tune of $300,000. Part of the new money will fund two new deputies this upcoming 2017 budget year starting July 1, and two in 2018. The Department will also pick up two new vehicles.

A woman from Triangle won the Virginia Lottery. More in a press release: 

All Felecia Hall wanted was some change for a taxi, so she could go to lunch with her son. She stopped by Connie’s Market in Triangle and bought a Golden Spades Scratcher ticket from the Virginia Lottery.

The property tax rate in Prince William County remains flat, but the average tax bill is going up.

Prince William County Supervisors on Friday approved its fiscal 2017 operating budget. After months of wrangling over whether or not to raise the tax rate by 3.88 percent as outlined in a five-year plan approved last year, leaders kept a flat-tax rate of $1.122 per $100 of assessed property value.

Could a plan to outsource some library operations save millions?

The majority of the members of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors want to find out. The Board approved issuing a request for proposals (RFP) from private companies who would bid on taking over the daily management operations of the county’s 11 library branches.