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.

Prince William Farm Bureau has purchased 100 books about agriculture and has distributed one to each elementary school in Prince William County for reading during Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom Week March 23-29.

EDITOR'S NOTE: March 23-29 is Ag Literacy Week. Here and across Virginia many people involved in agriculture will read to school children to help them understand where their food comes from. Sandra J. Adams, Acting Commissioner, Va. Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), tells some of the things she learned from students last year in this abbreviated column.

The clock is ticking for taxpayers who did not file a 2010 tax return to do so if they want to claim a refund for that tax year.

Attempted Abduction with Intent to Defile | Strangulation – On March 20th at 9:29PM, officers responded to a parking lot located in the area of Potomac Mills Cir and Nazarene Way in Woodbridge (22192) to investigate an attempted abduction.

Over 90 percent of the car seats checked in 2013 by specially trained staff of Prince William County Department of Fire & Rescue "were incorrectly installed or used." Get your child's car seat checked Friday, March 21, between 1 and 3 p.m. at Sowder Village Square off VA 28 near Manassas airport.

Registration begins Tuesday, April 1 for Northern Virginia Community College’s summer session. Register 24 hours a day online at http://www.nvcc.edu or visit a campus during regular business hours.

In-person absentee voting for voters who live in Haymarket, Occoquan, Quantico and Dumfries starts tomorrow, Friday, March 21 and continues until Saturday, May 3.

Safewise, the company that put the City of Manassas on the list of 30 Safest Cities in Virginia, says there’s a low chance of being a victim of a violent crime or a property crime when you call the City of Manassas home.