News

STAFFORD – (Press Release) On Sunday November 25, 2018 at 1217 PM, Deputies with the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded to an unknown medical problem at a home on Newton Road in South Stafford.  Upon arrival, they spoke with a friend of the victim who stated he had knocked on the door of the residence, but the occupant did not answer.  Finding the back door unlocked, he went inside and found his friend on the floor, suffering from obvious trauma.  He immediately exited the home and called 911.

Deputies arrived and entered the home.  They found Mr. Larry Dean Roberson, fifty-four years old deceased.  Evidence revealed that he was the victim of a homicide.  There were no other subjects in the residence. 


News

WOODBRIDGE — The next fire chief for the city of Austin Texas is Joel Baker, the former chief in Atlanta.

Prince William County Fire and Rescue Chief Kevin McGee was one of three finalists for the job. He interviewed at a public forum in Texas in late October with two other finalists, including Baker.


Business

This article is FREE to read. Please Sign In or Create a FREE Account. Thank you.

This article is FREE to read. Please Sign In or Create a FREE Account. Thank you.


News

WOODBRIDGE — (Press Release) Firefighters responded to the report of a house fire at 1422 Horner Road in Woodbridge.  Crews arrived within minutes and reported fire in the attic of the house.  The fire was extinguished within minutes.

The Prince William County Fire Marshal’s Office has determined the fire was caused by faulty wiring.  The Red Cross was called to assist four residents who were displaced by the fire.  Fire and Rescue units from OWL VFD, Dale City VFD, and PWC DF&R responded to the incident.


News

DUMFRIES — Voters in Dumfries will now head to the polls to elect Town Council members in November.

The Dumfries Town Council moved its municipal elections from May to the first Tuesday in November during its November 20 meeting, the first in the new town hall on Main Street. The town becomes the only one of the four in Prince William County, to include Haymarket, Occoquan, and Quantico, to hold municipal elections in November. 


News

DALE CITY — (Press Release) On November 21 at 8:08 p.m., officers responded to a residence located in the 3300 block of Labourn Drive in Dale City to investigate a shooting.

The investigation revealed that the victim and the accused, who are husband and wife, were inside their home in the above area when they became involved in a verbal altercation that escalated.


News

STAFFORD — (Press Release) Two suspects behind the homicide that occurred on Sunday, November 18, 2018, at the Exxon Station/Mr. B’s Market on Warrenton Road in Stafford County were taken into custody on Wednesday, November 21, 2018, in the area of Harrisburg, Pa. with the aid of the U.S. Marshals Service.

Jules Morgan, 18, of Henrico was wanted out of Stafford for second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.


News

WOODBRIDGE — A total of 67 citizens gave impassioned pleas for and against the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) during the Prince William County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.

Woodbridge Supervisor Frank Principi put the item on the agenda, urging his fellow Supervisors to declare support for a constitutional amendment introduced in the early 1970s that aimed to give equal rights to women. After hours of testimony from residents, Principi could not get a single one of the supervisors to second his motion.


News

WOODBRIDGE – (Press Release) United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) announced today with its partners, SunTrust Foundation, SkillSource Group, Inc. and Virginia Cooperative Extension -Prince William, the opening of its new United Way NCA Financial Empowerment Center (FEC) at the Virginia Career Works – Prince William Center in Woodbridge, Virginia. The Financial […]


View More Stories