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.

On February 15th at 6:38PM, officers responded to Potomac Mills Mall located at 2700 Potomac Mills Cir in Woodbridge (22192) for a large fight near the food court. Initial reports advised that someone had a gun and that shots were fired. Police said no armed suspect or shooting could be confirmed.

The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services with a contact from the Virginia Department of Health issued a Feb. 15 news release warning about bacterium found in a cheese sample in Manassas.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative urges customers to prepare for possible power outages that snow may cause on Wednesday night, Feb. 12, 2014, and Thursday.

The City of Manassas is declaring a Snow Emergency effective at 8 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. This means that vehicles parked along designated snow emergency routes are subject to towing and fines.

Virginia Department of Transportation crews are aggressively pretreating roads throughout Prince William, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Arlington counties in advance of the heavy snow predicated for tonight. By midnight, almost 4,000 trucks will be staged along interstates, major roads and neighborhood streets

Dr. Anitza San Miguel, a scientist and an interim associate dean at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been selected to participate in the National Hispana Leadership Institute’s ten-month Executive Leadership Program in 2014.

With Valentine's Day just days away, couples who plan to tie the knot need to ensure that all the legalities are squared away. Because when they're not, it can get pretty tricky, says Michèle McQuigg, clerk of the circuit court that serves Prince William County, Manassas and Manassas Park.

Prince William Committee will delve into a hot-button Virginia issue as to t how adequate and how available mental health care is in Prince William County.