Gainesville supervisor Pete Candland said at approximately 9:30 a.m. he has been notified by Virginia Department of Transportation that a vehicle caught fire on Interstate 66, underneath the Route 15 overpass this morning, July 18.

All I-66 lanes in Gainesvlle between US 29 and US 15 will be closed up to 20 minutes at a time for work on Catharpin Road overpass. Lanes will reopen completely at 5 a.m.

Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Reps. Don Beyer, Gerry Connolly and Barbara Comstock jointly issued the following statement:

American Red Cross has issued an emergency call for blood and platelets, urging all eligible donors to give now to replenish an extremely low summer blood supply.

Some 604 acres of the 900-acre Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship land preserve, donated by the Robert and Dee Leggett Foundation to the Old Dominion Land Conservancy, were acquired June 14 by Virginia's Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The plan is to use the acreage located in western Loudoun County for a new Virginia State Park.

On June 24, 2016 at 9:06PM, Prince William County police officers responded to the 1600 block of Fort Fisher Court in Dumfries in reference to a possible shooting.

On June 20 around 2:50PM, information was received from a citizen via social media that Jose Neftaly CANALES GRANADOS, who was wanted in connection to a carjacking at the Wal-Mart located at 14000 Worth Ave in Woodbridge on June 17, was in the area of the 13900 block of Jefferson Davis Hwy in Woodbridge.

A free press has been the foundation of our democracy since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1791. Yet, after 225 years, Americans may be taking it for granted. Donald Trump’s recent action “revoking” the Washington Post’s access to his campaign should remind us that the First Amendment is often under threat.