Members of the U.S. Armed Forces, veterans and their families often qualify for special tax benefits. An IRS news release describes some of the most common deductions and exclusions and tells where to get more information.

Parents of school children should be prepared with alternate plans for transportation and student pick up in areas prone to flooding. Monitor pwcs.edu, school Web sites, and PWCS Facebook page for bus delays.

Prince William County school officials will take comments from the community on April 30 and May 1 about proposed boundaries for the 12th high school now under construction.

On April 24th at 9:30AM, police responded to Ellis Elementary School at 10400 Kim Graham Ln in Manassas (20109) to investigate report of a student in possession of handgun on school property.

The Honorable Anne Holton, Secretary of Education for Virginia, will be the keynote speaker at Northern Virginia Community College’s 48th Commencement on Sunday, May 18. The ceremony, which is open to the public, begins at 2 p.m. in George Mason University’s Patriot Center.

Students are encouraged to enroll early for Northern Virginia Community College’s fall 2014 semester due to a new policy adopted to improve student success. Starting with the fall 2014 semester, all students must register no later than the day before a session begins.

The area’s tourism marketing agency received two VIRGO awards at the Virginia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus quarterly meeting April 10-11 for significantly contributing to Virginia’s economy through tourism promotion and development.

Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) was the guest host of The John Fredericks Morning Radio Show for the second time this morning, Monday, April 21, from 6 to 10 a.m.

North American Aerospace Defense Command and its geographical component, the Continental United States NORAD Region (CONR), will conduct exercise Falcon Virgo 14-08 Monday night April 21 through Thursday morning April 24, in the National Capital Region, Washington, D.C.