This morning, at approximately 3:13 a.m., the Manassas City Police responded to 9913 Cockrell Rd, the Home-Style Inn, for a report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, Officers located an adult male suffering from an apparent stab wound.

A project to extend Interstate 95 Express Lanes by two miles in Stafford County, adding new northbound and southbound ramps, will open to traffic ahead of schedule on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017.

Winter is coming. So is the need for home heating. To provide heating assistance to low-income people in the region, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative asks area residents to contribute to NOVEC's Operation Round-Up® (ORU) program.

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** -- UPDATE Reference the Amber Alert issued for Sinahi Aguilar-Cruz, both parties have been located in the Woodbridge area. The female juvenile is safe. Detectives are currently conducting interviews to ascertain what occurred. The investigation continues, Prince William County Police said.

On October 15 at 1:43AM, officers responded to the 14800 block of Danville Rd in Woodbridge (22193) to investigate a possible abduction. The investigation revealed a female juvenile, identified as Sinahi Aguilar-Cruz, was attending a party at a home in the above area with a male acquaintance. The female exited the home where witnesses observed her being forcibly placed in a vehicle by the male acquaintance.

Friends of the Occoquan (FOTO) will hold the fall Occoquan River cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 14.**We are in need of boaters to help assist along the waterways at the various sites. Contact FOTO at 703-624-7124 if you can help us out!**

Staff and students have returned to the building at Marsteller Middle School in Bristow Oct. 10 following a precautionary evacuation.

Marsteller Middle School, 14000 Sudley Manor Dr., Bristow, has been evacuated as a precaution due to the fire alarm and smoky haze in building, according to Irene Cromer, supervisor of community relations for Prince William County Public Schools.