On Dec. 5 at 11:44 p.m., officers responded to the Rimpal Inn located at 7399 Old Centreville Rd in Manassas (20111) to investigate a robbery. An employee reported to police that an unknown male wearing a mask jumped over the front counter and brandishing a handgun at the employee. During the encounter, the suspect forced the employee to open the register to obtain money.

Virginia Department of Transportation provided statistics for 66 Express Lanes inside the Beltway following Tuesday, Dec. 5, a.m. rush hour. Over the first three rush-hour periods, there were no major reportable incidents on the lanes, sustained travel times and speeds for carpools, buses, and toll-paying drivers, a news release said.

Gainesville District Supervisor Pete Candland has asked Gov. Terry McAuliffe to immediately suspend the tolling on I-66 in order to develop a "rational plan that protects commuters from the exorbitant toll-gouging that is evidenced in the current I-66 tolling fees."

PWCS Capital Improvements Program (CIP)/Budget Planning Timeline for FY 2019 is now online. GO to the Budget Updates website for information throughout the budget process.

The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) has partnered with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to research, share and evaluate businesses who have made advancements in information technology (IT) that may be of value to state government. The partnership will be carried out by CIT’s Innovation Center of Excellence (ICE).

Second-half Prince William County real estate taxes are due on or before December 5, 2017.

Too many Americans have been inundated with headlines about plans to take away their health care. Americans want both parties to work together on real solutions that lower costs and increase choice without exploding our debt or upending lives. Last month, we announced legislation that would accomplish this. We call our plan Medicare-X.

PWCS has met the challenge of making a school budget readable and understandable, so say examiners for the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International, for the 22nd consecutive year.