A woman was shot while sitting in her Dumfries home.
Officers were called to an unrelated incident at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, April 14. Officers went to a home in the 1800 block of Fort Pulaski Ct in Dumfries to investigate a shooting into a townhouse. According to police, a 23-year-old woman was inside her home when shots were fired into the home by someone in the front parking lot.
A car overturned on Interstate 95 south near Dumfries.
Two people were inside the car when it overturned. Fire and rescue crews were dispatched to the scene at 11:46 a.m.
This Easter, a church in Dumfries will open its doors and plans to serve a banquet fit for a king.
Potomac Valley Church will host its Great Banquet from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 17, 2022. The church will grill 1,000 pounds of meat and invites the community to the table to share in fellowship.
Police said a panhandler walked into a 7-Eleven store and assaulted a woman with pepper spray.
On April 2 at 1:22 p.m., officers responded to the 7-Eleven located at 17105 Old Stage Rd. in Dumfries to investigate an assault.
On Monday, April 4, 2022, Dominion Energy will hold a meeting to discuss the closure of toxic coal ash ponds near Dumfries.
The meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Potomac Shores Middle School, 17851 Woods View Drive near Dumfries. Dominion Energy tells us Prince William County Potomac District Supervisor Andrea Bailey will share a livestream of the meeting.
The race for Dumfries mayor is taking shape.
Sitting Mayor Derrick Wood announced he is running for re-election for a second four-year term. South Cove Homeowners Association President Ebony Lofton is also vying for the job.
A criminal expungement clinic may be coming to a neighborhood near you.
On Saturday, March 21, Prince William County Circuit Court Clerk Jacqueline Smith held the region’s first Expungement Clinic. The seminar, held in Dumfries, was meant to show residents how to have criminal charges removed from their records.
Alex Trouteaud, 42, from Barnesville, Md. finished in first place with a time of 1:04:14, today in the Marine Corps 17.75K marathon.
More than 1,900 runners from 37 states and five countries completed the live and in-person at Prince William Forest Park near Dumfries. Each live finisher, who will be 14 years old and up on marathon event day, received Access Granted into the 47th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) on October 30, 2022.
