Carolina Structural Systems, a manufacturer of custom wood trusses and other structural wood products, will invest $5.5 million to establish a new manufacturing facility near Emporia.. The company will construct a 40,000-square-foot facility in the Greensville County Industrial Park.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for Nov. 18, 2011.

Via passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012, both houses of Congress have approved safety funds for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. But the funds must be matched by Virginia, Maryland the the District of Columbia.

Federal disaster aid has been approved to assist Prince William County and other localities recover from the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Lee's heavy rains and flooding in early September.

Viriginia Department of Transportation information is intended to help travelers have a safe Thanksgiving trip.

The Patriot High School Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) is making a pioneering effort. PTSA committees started forming last spring and met through the summer to be ready in time for the Nokesville’s school opening in September 2011.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for Nov. 17, 2011.

Students and staff at J.W. Alvey Elementary School in Haymarket hold an annual fundraiser to help others locally, nationally and internationally. Here, Principal Candy Rotruck sits with current students in front of a mural of nonprofit Traditional Housing Barn, one of the many charities students have helped.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for Nov. 16, 2011.