NOVEC crews -- and crews that have come to help from Tennessee and Georgia -- are working to restore service to approximately 9,000 customers in NOVEC's six-county service territory. Our goal is to have most -- if not all -- customers back online by Monday afternoon," a NOVEC official was quoted as saying.

From March 4-10, Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring and his Consumer Protection Section will mark National Consumer Protection Week with a week-long campaign to help Virginians understand their rights as consumers, and to help Virginia businesses understand their responsibilities to their customers.

Each year, an estimated 1.7 million Americans sustain Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Of those injured, 52,000 die.

A newly hired victim’s advocate at the University of Mary Washington is now an additional confidential resource for students at the Fredericksburg, VA college who may have experienced sex- or gender-based violence.

Prince William County Police Department's crime log for Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018

An 11-year-old male was charged Feb. 27 with "knowingly communicating a false threat to bomb" after a bomb threat was found in a bathroom stall at Covington-Harper Elementary School in Dumfries. The school was evacuated around 2 p.m Feb. 26. After a search of the property and surrounding area with the assistance of Prince William and Va. State Police K-9 units, officers determined that the threat was not credible.

On February 26 at 11 a..m., a School Resource Officer received information of a potential threat of violence against a Prince William County Public School teacher at Patriot High School), according to Officer Nathan Probus, spokesman for PWC Police Department.

I want to take this opportunity to address our community here in Prince William County about safety in our schools. I want to assure everyone that the safety of our schools, schoolchildren, and school staff is a responsibility that your Police Department takes very seriously.