Juvenile Detention Center detainees are learning about many vocational career options, how to navigate trade schools, how to start and run a business, and the best practices for applying for positions via a new PWC Public Libraries program with the help of a grant from Dollar General.

Due to the absence of a quorum, the regularly scheduled July 20 & 21meetings the Va. Board of Education are being postponed.

The Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology, a regulatory board under the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), has voted to reduce the number of hours required to obtain a cosmetology license by 33 percent, from 1,500 to 1,000.

When Ajay Vinzé took over as dean of George Mason University’s School of Business on July 1, he brought with him a lifetime of experience in higher education. He also brought a plan to help streamline how education is delivered and to reduce the cost of a college degree — a contentious topic that has gnawed at college officials and the public for decades.

The four-day, three-night retreat offers educational and hands-on activities designed for freshmen-senior teens who want to learn how to be safer drivers and passengers, as well as teens who want to train as leaders for youth traffic safety.

Prince William County Police report of recent incidents and arrests.

Small farm outreach workshop May 24 aimed at military veterans to be held in Petersburg by Virginia State University.

The suspect did not speak to either victim during the two separate encounters. Detectives with the Special Victims Bureau are actively investigating the incidents and are seeking to speak with anyone who may have seen the suspect in the area at the time of the assaults who matched the provided description.