On Monday, Oct. 21, The Rose Gaming Resort in Dumfries enjoyed a “soft” opening event that gave the first visitors to take a closer look at the much anticipated gaming location in Dumfries.

Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries wildlife specialists remind local residents that a bear is a wild animal, and that it is detrimental to the bear, as well as illegal in Virginia, to feed a bear under any circumstances. Even the inadvertent feeding of bears is illegal including allowing bears access to unsecured trash or birdfeeders.

Prince William County Employees credit union will reopen May 1 at a new location in Old Town Manassas VA.

Law enforcement officials from Prince William County VA Special Victims Unit will speak in Manassas on Thursday, April 26, at Soroptimist International of Manassas' noon luncheon on "How to Protect Women and Girls from Abduction."

If your child will be attending kindergarten in Prince William County VA Schools this fall, the countywide registration is this Thursday, April 26 at the school your child will attend.

Virginia residents who want to plant native hardwoods and pine trees will have until Wednesday, April 25 to order tree seedlings online for spring, according to the Virginia Department of Forestry. VDOF will reopen its store in October. VDOF’s two tree nurseries grow and sell 24 million tree seedlings each year.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Friday, April 20, 2012.

Meet the writers of novels, children's books, mysteries, poetry and more at local author fair that will be held at Bull Run Regional Library in Manassas VA on Saturday, May 5.

Soon the space shuttle Discovery will be on display for all to see up close at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia near Dulles Airport.