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A car struck and killed woman on Route 3 in Stafford County, about two miles south of a Sheetz gas station at Washington Square Plaza.

On November 2nd, at approximately 1:40 a.m. deputies responded to a pedestrian struck accident in the area of Kings Highway and Forest Lane Road. The investigation revealed an adult female pedestrian was struck by a truck. Unfortunately, the pedestrian was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the truck remained on scene. This is an active investigation being conducted by our Traffic Safety Unit. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the victim.


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Manassas police say a bank in the Wellington Station plaza was robbed on October 5, 2022.

On 10/5/22 at approximately 1:33 pm, Manassas City Police Officers responded to the Truist bank on the 10000 block of Dumfries Rd. for a bank robbery. The suspect was last seen wearing a baseball cap, black surgical mask, black hooded sweatshirt, green coat with hood, red sweatpants, and white shoes.


Fairfax

A coffeehouse or a restaurant at the Workhouse Arts Center? 

The artisan destination in Lorton says construction work to add these amenities has begun with two campus buildings, W13 and W15. Once completed, the Fairfax County Government will lease these buildings to commercial entities. Workhouse officials also say a brewery could be located in one of the new buildings.


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A local hospital is working to educate the community on the needs of babies born prematurely.

November is National Prematurity Awareness Month. Mary Washington Healthcare is using this opportunity to reflect on the nearly 520,000 babies born preterm each year in the U.S.


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The Virginia State Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of five Prince William Board of Supervisors accused of violating the state’s open meetings laws in the hours after unprecedented riots. 

Richmond attorney Patrick McSweeny argued for county residents Alan Gloss and Carol Fox. Both allege the five Democrats on the Board of County Supervisors violated the law when they attended a meeting of the county police department’s Citizen Advisory Board, which hastily gathered at noon on May 30, 2020. 


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Police tell us the shooting in Dale City we first told you about Monday afternoon happened during a home invasion.

On October 31 at 1:44 p.m., officers responded to a home in the 13400 block of Orangewood Drive in Dale City to investigate a shooting. Upon arriving, officers found a 51-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower body and provided first aid until rescue personnel arrived.


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While future skirmishes loom in the form of rezonings, arguably the biggest land-use decision in Prince William County’s history is expected to be made Tuesday, Nov. 1.

That’s when the Board of County Supervisors will hold a public hearing and plans to vote on the proposed PW Digital Gateway. The hearing is on the request from dozens of landowners to designate 2,139 acres in western Prince William County for data centers. Specifically, it is to change the land currently designated as agricultural/estate and environmental resource in the Comprehensive Plan to technology/flex, parks and open space, county registered historic site and environmental resource overlay.


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Stafford offices, departments, facilities, and all courts will be closed on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, for Election Day. Both locations of the residential and commercial services of the R-Board/Regional Landfill (Eskimo Hill and Belman Road) will remain open.

The following offices and facilities will remain open:


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