If you thought it was wet, rainy and raw around here Sunday wait until tomorrow night.
A flood watch will go into effect beginning Wednesday night and will last until Thursday night, as up to three inches of rain could fall across the Potomac Communities, according to the National Weather Service.
Mt. Vernon, Va. –– A man who threatened to jump from an old railway bridge and car crash caused massive delays on U.S. 1 in south Fairfax County on Monday.
The Richmond Highway route 171 bus is experiencing major delays – the route that carries riders between Lorton, Franconia-Springfield Metro and the Huntington Metro stations.
Also experiencing delays at this hour are Fairfax Connector routes 151, 152, 159, 161 and 162.
One of those cases the suspect is linked to, believed to be the most recent case, happened in Dale City on Halloween night 2009.
Police say Aaron H. Thomas, now 39, approached three female teenagers while they were walking home from a night of trick-or-treating.
Four juveniles have been charged in connection to the Feb. 19 fire set at the Levelle Dupelle Community Park in the 6800 block of Newington Road.
All four have been charged with destruction of property, and two teens face additional charges of vehicle tampering, police said.
The last time gas prices spiked like this was following Hurricane Katrina, AAA Mid Atlantic says.
Fuel prices in the region continued their upward climb over the weekend forcing drivers to pay more to get where they’re going.
But passengers this morning from Fredericksburg to Manassas had to deal with problems created by yesterday’s rain.
About 4:30 a.m., drivers headed to the Bull Run station at Manassas Regional Airport found out the access road to the station, Piper Lane, had been flooded out. The transit agency told drivers to find an alternate route to the station.
A fire and rescue vehicle from the Potomac Hills Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department was sitting in the right southbound lane of U.S. 1, just south of Boswell’s Corner, preventing drivers from traveling through a large pool of water that formed on the highway.
