Prince William County Police report that a suspect, Theresa Elaine Brown, 24, of Woodbridge complained of pain, while in custody, and was subsequently transported to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center for evaluation. While at the hospital, the suspect accessed a secure hallway from her room and was able to escape from the facility around 4 a.m.

Occoquan Elementary School is in precautionary secure the building status due to reported police activity in the area. All are safe but entry is restricted. Please check school website for updates. http://occoquanes.schools.pwcs.edu/

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Prince William, announces a free education series for families who have relatives with serious mental illness on Thursdays, Feb. 26 - May 28 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Woodbridge.

On February 26th at 7 pm, Gainesville Marque resident and author, Frank Fuerst, will be speaking about his 17-year journey as caregiver for his wife, June, an Alzheimer’s patient. As a result of that journey, Frank wrote the prize-winning Alzheimer’s Care With Dignity, a book he would have liked to have had during June’s illness.

According to Anthem, hackers breached the company's computer systems and gained access to the names, birthdays, medical ID's, Social Security numbers, email addresses, and employment information of 80 million customers across the nation. The Virginia numbers are not yet known but the estimate is 3 million.

There was a brief precautionary evacuation Feb. 5 at Henderson Elementary School due to a fire alarm signal. All are safe.

Beginning 8 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 5, all Novant Health facilities including the hospital in Manassas will lift visitor restrictions that were put in place Jan. 2, according to a news release. During the height of this flu season, Novant asked the community to keep visitors younger than 18 years old out of its hospital facilities.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Academic Partnership Plan (BSN-APP), commonly referred to as the “1+2+1” BSN Plan, recently received approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the accreditation body for degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern region.