STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — There is a renewed interest in the cold case of a business man murdered inside a Stafford County home.
There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for shooting and killing 49-year-old Samih Mustafa Sowan inside a home at 35 Fife Street in the Austin Ridge section of Stafford County. The donor has chosen to remain anonymous.
HAYMARKET, Va. – A local leader says he wants more money for Prince William County’s public schools.
Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland held a town hall Thursday night at Alvey Elementary School in Haymarket to speak to area residents about what he said is the need to “act right away” to provide more funds to the county school board to cut class sizes, which are now at their maximum capacity, he said. The number of students in classrooms is larger than those of schools in neighboring Loudoun and Fairfax counties, according to a Washington Area Board of Education report.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — School officials tonight want to hear from residents whose children will attend the new Nokesville kindergarten through 8th grade school in Nokesville when it opens in September 2014.
Currently, students who live in the area of where the school is being built – on the Aden Road – would go to nearby Brentsville District High School.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Flames broke out in the attic of a home on Keswick Court in Montclair this afternoon.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Gov.-Elect Terry McAuliffe wants Virginia business leaders to put pressure on state legislators to expand Medicaid across the commonwealth.
At meeting with the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and hundreds of state business leaders in Williamsburg on Wednesday, McAuilffe alluded to his priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session starting in January.
Volunteer Opportunities in the Area
· Good morning and Happy Thanksgiving. The Un Trim A Tree Holiday Gift program is in full swing providing gifts to needy kids in the community. Would you like to adopt a child and bring a little joy to them? You will receive the child’s name, age, gender and two wishes so you can shop for specifically for this child. There seems to be a lot of need for clothes this year but also toys. The donors always say how much fun they had shopping for this special little kid. You should spend about $50 per child so all you have to do is decide how many children you’d like to shop for. Please visit volunteerprincewilliam.org and download the donor form and I will send the specifics on your child to you! I promise this will make your day.
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PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Residents got their first look Thursday night at a new public safety complex planned for mid county.
A new 50,000 square-feet, 2-story police station, and a 15,000-square-feet fire station that, will sit at the corner of Prince William Parkway and Davis Ford Road near the Prince William County Government Center. It’s expected to cost nearly $40 million to build both structures. Officials said it’s very early in the design phase of the new buildings, and added they are expected to be completed by 2016.
Gov.-Elect Terry McAuliffe has selected his Secretary of Transportation, who will replace current transportation chief and former Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sean Connaughton.
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DALE CITY, Va. — For the fifth year-in-a-row the Semper Fi Fund will be sending out more than 10,700 holiday ornaments to Marines who have been wounded since the attacks of 9-11 and are Purple Heart recipients. To help with packing and shipping the ornaments, the Semper Fi Fund will be hosting its annual “Purple Heart Ornament Packing Party” at the VFW Post 1503 in Dale City.
