Updated 5:30 p.m. — Prince William police found no bomb at Unity Reed High School after someone threatened to bring an explosive to the school at 8820 Rixlew Lane, near Manassas Mall, just before 1 p.m. today.
The school division placed Unity Reed (formerly Stonewall Jackson Senior High School) into secure the building mode, meaning no one enters or exits. After police called all-clear, officers assisted in dismissing students.
Chairwoman Ann Wheeler and the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors have made a lot of news over the past three years and not the good kind.
Vote after vote, whether it’s controversial land use cases, increasing our taxes every year, meals tax, public corruption investigations, lack of disclosing data center stock, having illegal board meetings, the list goes on and on.
Members of the 2023 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Operations Board Executive Committee were installed Friday in a brief ceremony during which outgoing Chair Margaret Franklin of the Prince William County Board of Supervisors passed the gavel to James Walkinshaw of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. Walkinshaw was the VRE board’s vice chair in 2022.
“I’m excited and honored to serve as chair this year,” said Walkinshaw. “VRE is fortunate to have an Operations Board dedicated to the system’s success, talented staff committed to our mission, and loyal riders who recognize the value of the safe, convenient, and reliable service we offer. 2023 will be a pivotal year as riders continue returning to the system and we undertake the critical task of updating our long-term vision through our System Plan 2050 process.”
Schedules for Express, Metro Express, and Local routes will change on that date. OmniRide Connect micro transit pilot program is now operating in Manassas Park. It replaces the OmniRide Local Manassas Park route. Some routes operate from the new Balls Ford Road Commuter Lot in Manassas.
The new schedules are available here https://omniride.com/service/schedules/ .
On January 21, 2023, detectives with the Prince William police Special Investigations Bureau concluded the investigation into the burglary at a home in the 8100 block of Community Drive near Manassas.
While investigating the incident, detectives received information leading to the identification of four men involved in the incident that occured in October 2022.
At 2:44 p.m. today, January 25, 2023, Virginia State Police responded to a multi-vehicle crash northbound on I-95 at the 116-mile marker at the Caroline County and Spotsylvania County lines.
Three separate crashes involving a total of 13 vehicles were involved. Only one person was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
On January 24, 2023, detectives with the Prince William County Violent Crimes Bureau concluded the investigation into the robbery at Unique Soles, 2894 Garber Way, a men’s shoe store near Lake Ridge.
While investigating the incident, detectives received information identifying seven suspects related to the robbery.
