If you get caught panhandling in Prince William, it’ going to cost you more in fines.
The county’s Board of Supervisors voted to increase the penalty for panhandling on streets to a more serious offense that would net someone a $1,000 fine and possibly six months in jail for any subsequent offenses.
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Flames shot through the roof of a waterfront home in Woodbridge.
The first and coldest 5K run of the year will take place again in Occoquan.
The Frigid 5K Run and Walk will mark its second year in the small town on Feb. 8. The event is sponsored by the Occoquan-Woodbridge-Neabsco Optimists Club (OWN).
PRTC will put its emergency service plan (ESP) into effect for all of its buses at noon today.
Only its OmniLink local buses in Prince William, Manassas, and Manassas Park, had been running on the ESP.
A coastal low moving in from the Atlantic will meet the winter storm that is slated to bring us at least 4 inches of snow today.
That low will make the storm intensify, say meteorologists at the National Weather Service, and that has prompted them to increase forecast snow totals for the region.
We could begin seeing winter weather develop across our area about 8 a.m.
Wintry precipitation will begin over West Virginia about 4 a.m. and the storm will gradually work its way east, according to a new graphic produced by the National Weather Service. The region should be seeing snow by 10 a.m. and it could accumulate anywhere between four and eight inches, according to the weather service’s most recent text forecast.
Transportation officials in Virginia are paying close attention to the weather tonight. By 4 a.m., VDOT says there will be more than 4,000 pieces of equipment out on area highways — salt trucks and plows.
There is at least four inches of snow in the forecast Tuesday, and VDOT officials say that after two inches of snow has fallen residents can begin using the state’s plow map to see the status of snow plowing in their neighborhood.
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With gumption, he spoke about economic equality and wiping out poverty, and the measure of a man. He commanded the audience, and as he paused several times for inflection during his nearly 20-minute speech, the crowd stood and cheered him onas they might for career politicians and pastors who often preach from the pulpit.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Board of Supervisors six, Peter Candland zero.
Prince William County officials today voted down six attempts by Supervisor Candland, who represents the Gainesville District in the western portion of the county, to change some policies and procedures upheld by the governing body of more than 400,000 county residents.
DUMFRIES, Va. — A BP gas station in Dumfries that was closed for weeks late last year has now reopened under new ownership.
The gas station at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Va. 234 sits just inside the town limits and across from an overcrowded commuter parking lot. The station’s new owner, Khalid Cheema, said he’s hopeful this new location will be both busy and profitable.
