The scene is still being studied to possibly identify the ignition source, according to Matt Smolsky, Fire Marshal. A representative of the State Division of Utility and Railroad Safety is also on the scene to investigate the incident.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime reports include three incidents involving thefts of running shoes that were advertised online and valued between $170 and $400 as well as burglaries involving 29 Playstation games and a burgundy Gateway computer and its matching briefcase.

As a big weekend for visitors approaches in Manassas VA, the city manager has announced that Lake Jackson Drive, which has been closed, will reopen today, Aug. 24, a week earlier than planned. Many events in connection with the historic 1863 Second Battle of Manassas will be held this weekend.

Parents whose teens attend Stonewall Jackson High School In Manassas VA can meet the principal and some staff, sign up for the "parent portal" internet access and learn about school clubs and activities, at a back to school family celebration at the school on Rixlew Lane in Manassas. The hoopla begins at 6:30 p.m. and is for parents and students.

Using I-66 from the Capital Beltway west may best be left for another weekend. Motorists can expect 30-minute delays and are strongly urged to use an alternate route during the weekend construction that starts at 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24, on Interstate 66 at the Capital Beltway, according to a news release from the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Sean Rousseau, a former Roman Catholic priest who was received into the Episcopal priesthood in 2011, will become the new priest-in-charge of St. Paul's Haymarket VA on Sept. 1, according to a news release from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

City of Manassas VA has published a list of street closings as part of the Commemoration activities of the Second Battle of Manassas/Bull Run that will be held this weekend.

Prince William Hospital, which is building a new hospital in Haymarket, has partnered with Ronald Reagan Middle School in Haymarket VA to offer free physicals on Aug. 29 to middle school students who plan to try out or participate on any Prince William County athletic, dance, cheer or intramural team for which a physical examination is required.

Special tours highlighting significant events of the campaign and battle of Second Manassas, talks related to the battle and the Civil War in 1862, living history and historic weapons demonstrations are open to the public throughout Manassas National Battlefield Park and beyond the park boundaries in the local community beginning Aug. 25-26.