Shots rang out and into a house in the Williamstown neighborhood in Dumfries.
Prince William police were called at 7:51 p.m on Wednesday, September 23 to a home in the 2000 block of Fort Pemberton Court. Residents told police that they heard gunshots.
Prince William County officials are still weighing their options when it comes to spending federal funds to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries.
County Supervisor Andrea Bailey, who represents the Potomac District which encompasses the town, asked the town’s Planning Commission to remove from its Sept. 14 agenda a request to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district. Bailey didn’t say why she made the request, and today she declined to comment for this story.
Flu season is fast approaching. Sentara hospitals usually see an increase in flu cases around mid-September and early October.
This year, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors say it’s critical to get your flu shot.
Poilce are looking for a man they say fired a gun at a moving vehicle.
at 1 p.m. Sunday, September 20 officers were called to investigate a shooting that was reported to have occurred in the 17100 block of Dumfries Road earlier that morning.
It appears a plan to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries has hit a snag.
Prince William County officials have asked that a request before the Dumfries Town Planning Commission tonight, to approve an amendment to the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district, be removed from the agenda.
U.S. Senator Tim Kaine was recently in Dumfries to discuss maternal health.
Kaine’s office provided us this note, and well as the featured image for this post.
Prince William County leaders are moving forward with an effort to rename Jefferson Davis Highway.
The Board of County Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, will hear details of a plan that would rename 12 miles of the four and six-lane highway, between Stafford and Fairfax county lines, Richmond Highway.
James Marsden, of Dumfries, collected $1 million after taxes from the Virginia Lottery after playing the Bank-A-Million game.
More from a press release by the Virginia Lottery:
6:30 p.m.
The suspect in a series of carjackings in the Manassas area is now in custody. Prince William police said a man carjacked another vehicle in the Manassas area today and fled into Fairfax County where he was arrested. The arrest comes after a woman was carjacked in Prince William County yesterday while waiting for roadside assistance to fix a flat tire.
5:06 p.m.
The truck has been uprighted. No injuries reported. Traffic getting by on the left shoulder.
