Tickets to ride the Dec. 12 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Santa trains go on sale at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 23 at http://www.vrespecialevents.org and select vendor locations. In 2014 all tickets sold out online in eight minutes and within 1 ½ hours at vendor locations even though VRE added one more train to the Manassas line and placed restrictions on ticket sales.

Featherbed Lane will be closed to through traffic at Lee Highway Nov. 17 & 18 for paving in Manassas National Battlefield Park, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Ashton Avenue opened to through traffic between Crestwood Drive and Lomond Drive today Nov. 17 as crews finished replacing a damaged culvert, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Earlier VDOT had estimated a Nov. 18 reopening.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Monday. Nov. 16, 2015.

Six George Mason University students are bringing the Manassas Museum to the world in a new virtual tour now available on the museum’s website.

City officials in Manassas Park report that the city has contracted with Branscome Paving, Inc. to resurface Scott Drive beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Evans Street beginning Nov. 18. Both projects end next Saturday, Nov. 21. Paving work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. No parking areas will be posted.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 - Veterans Day.