By SHELBY MERTENS
Capital News Service
Lottery winners aren’t the only ones with any luck: The Virginia Lottery saw record ticket sales in the past year, as the economy continued its recovery and several big-name retailers started selling tickets.
Prince William
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OPINION
I attended the April Prince William Committee of 100 Panel on the Bi-County Parkway. If you don’t know what that is, you are probably reading the wrong column. As is usually the case, the panelists presented two opposing views on the merits to a mostly skeptical audience.
NOKESVILLE, Va. — Two horses are dead in what police are calling a suspicious incident that took place Friday morning in Nokesville.
A 10-year-old thoroughbred mare was found dead in a field. Another, a quarter horse gelding palomino, was found nearby severely injured and had to be put down, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
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MANASSAS, Va. — Manassas Assembly of God has a new name: Chapel Springs Assembly of God Church.
The church dropped the Manassas portion of their moniker because they plan to open a new church in Stafford County.
DALE CITY, Va. – A Florida man faces charges of indecent liberties and sexual battery of a young girl who lives in our area.
A 13-year-old girl was abused at a home in the 4600 block of Evansdale Road in Dale City on Wednesday, said Prince William spokesman Jonathan Perok. Police were called to the home for a report of a domestic disturbance and then later arrested the man.
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There’s a lot happening in our communities this weekend. Here’s a quick guide to get you call caught up on the events taking place nearby.
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — Police are on the scene of an armed robbery this morning in at a check cashing store in Lake Ridge.
A masked man walked into a Cashpoint store at 1391 Old Bridge Road, showed a handgun, and made off with cash, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
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DALE CITY, Va. — The Dale Service Corporation will be sold to the American Water Works Company.
If the $27.7 million sale of the Virginia American Water subsidy is approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission, it will mark the first time Virginia American Water will be in the wastewater business.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A new tool will make it easier for heart attack patients to receive critical treatment when minutes matter most.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge implemented a new system called LIFENET. It is the first web-based data network of its kind that offers EMS technicians in the field the ability to send information back to a hospital to help doctors identify patients suffering a dangerous type of heart attack known as STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infraction.
DUMFRIES, Va. — The HOV lanes on Interstate 95/395 from Va. 234 in Dumfries to Washington, D.C. will close at 11 p.m. Friday. The lanes will remain closed until 10 a.m. Saturday, when crews will reopen the lanes in the southbound direction, from the Springfield Interchange to Dumfries.
A spokeswoman from the Virginia’s Department of Transportation’s Megaprojects office said the northern section of the lanes will remain closed until 10 a.m. Sunday, when the entire system will reopen to carry traffic in the northbound direction.