The Potomac River was brown, and unusually rough Saturday as a group of history lovers ventured out on the water.
“All of the sustained winds we’re getting out here makes it choppy, but we’re into fall now, and conditions change out here with the weather,” said Capt. Mark Perry, who ferried sightseers about on his Miss Rivershore boat.
A Fredericksburg woman is charged with assaulting a police officer.
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Meteorologists at the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center once again peered into their crystal ball to provide thier annual winter outlook.
One of the strongest El Nino weather patterns ever to be recorded will play a major role in our winter weather this year.
An open house and ribbon cutting will take place at a new walk-in health center near Manassas.
Inova Urgent Care Center – Manassas will open November 2. An open house and ribbon cutting will be held October 28 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Apple Federal Credit Union will open the doors on its new banking center in Stafford next month.
The credit union will move from its current location at Doc Stone Commons to Stafford Marketplace in North Stafford, near Starbucks. The move will afford the bank an easier-to-find location, and one that is visible to more drivers on busy Garrisonville Road.
A Carter Bank and Trust on Harbor Drive in Lake Ridge was robbed at gunpoint.
The robber walked into the bank located at 12791 Harbor Drive at 4:27 p.m. Tuesday, pulled out a gun, and demanded cash.
Virginia State Police are investigating the death of Prince William County detective.
Juan Pena was found dead just before 11 a.m. Tuesday. His death does not appear to be suspicious, according to Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.
Step aside Halloween, Santa Claus is in town.
A large blow-up version of the jolly old elf was erected outside Pitkins Home Store at the Woodbine Shopping Center on Route 234 on Wednesday. It took about 20 minutes to blow up, according to a store employee.
A new “at home – The Home Decor Superstore” will open next week at Manassas Mall.
The new store will sit in the old JC Penney location, and will take up 84,000 square feet of floor space. The Manassas store will be the fourth in Virginia. Other “at home” stores are located in Chesapeake, Chesterfield, and Richmond.
A Walmart Neighborhood Market will be built in North Stafford.
The store will set next to a Sheetz gas station under construction on the corner of Garrisonville and Furnace roads. The Stafford County Board of Supervisors approved a special use permit to allow the store to have a drive-through window to allow customers to drop off and pick up prescriptions at the store’s pharmacy.
