By URIAH KISER
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Afternoon rush hours here are loud, busy, and full of both pedestrians, bicycles, and vehicles. And if you’re not behind the wheel of a car, U.S. 1 in Woodbridge is not a very friendly place to be, despite portions of the road having sidewalks, several bus stops, homes, and shopping centers.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A man was hit with a tire iron over the weekend, and now a woman faces charges.
The assault happened in the 2100 block of Culpeper Drive in Woodbridge at 6:02 p.m. Saturday. The 26-year-old victim said he and the suspect were involved in argument, and then the suspect went to her car, pulled out a tire iron, and then struck the victim in the head with it, according to a police report.
A Woodbridge man was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle crash in Florida.
Christopher Daniel Barnet, 43, died after he was involved in a crash on Interstate 95 in Rockledge, Fla. near Cape Canaveral, Fla.
By SHELBY MERTENS
Capital News Service
Lottery winners aren’t the only ones with any luck: The Virginia Lottery saw record ticket sales in the past year, as the economy continued its recovery and several big-name retailers started selling tickets.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — A new tool will make it easier for heart attack patients to receive critical treatment when minutes matter most.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge implemented a new system called LIFENET. It is the first web-based data network of its kind that offers EMS technicians in the field the ability to send information back to a hospital to help doctors identify patients suffering a dangerous type of heart attack known as STEMI, or ST-segment elevation myocardial infraction.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Someone shot out a window at Occoquan Elementary School on Monday morning.
Police said a single bullet was shot through one of the classroom windows of the school. No one was inside the school at the time of the shooting. The bullet damaged a SmartBoard inside a classroom causing $12,000 in damage, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
By RENEE ORDOOBADI
For Potomac Local News
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — For three years, Woodbridge Senior High School Center for the Fine and Performing Arts (CFPA) Creative Writing students performed self-written pieces at ‘A Play on Words’ for their friends and family. The event took place in the Studio Theater on Saturday.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police were called to a town home community in Woodbridge where they arrested a woman they said falsely called 911.
The caller told police she rents a room in a home in the 13000 block of Carolyn Forest Drive and could hear voices in a nearby basement. Apparently, the woman told police a burglary was in progress, but when officers arrived they found a dispute between the tenant and a landlord taking place, according to police reports.
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LAKE RIDGE, Va. – Some schools in Prince William County have resumed normal operations this afternoon after home invasion in Lake Ridge.
Just before 1 p.m., police reported three armed men entered a home in the 12500 block of Colebrook Court off Old Bridge Road. The men didn’t take anything and were said to appear to be young males.
