Prince William County residents who are looking for pets should watch for the new pet adoption van, which will be unveiled Saturday, Dec. 10. The P.A.W. (Pet Adoption on Wheels) Express, bought in the summer by the Prince William Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) with a $154,565 grant from the PETCO Foundation, is making its public debut at 2 p.m. at the Prince William County Animal Shelter, at 14807 Bristow Road in Manassas. The van can hold about 26 cats and dogs. Potential adopters can see the animals through roll-up windows on the van, then walk through the van to meet the animals.

Manassas City police department's crime report for Nov. 29, 2011

Manassas City police department's crime report for Nov. 28, 2011.

Via passage of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2012, both houses of Congress have approved safety funds for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. But the funds must be matched by Virginia, Maryland the the District of Columbia.

Federal disaster aid has been approved to assist Prince William County and other localities recover from the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Lee's heavy rains and flooding in early September.

Viriginia Department of Transportation information is intended to help travelers have a safe Thanksgiving trip.

Prince William County police say residents can now report some non-emergency crime incidents online

A husband and wife and their three small children, all under six years of age, were unaware that a fire was burning on the second floor and in the attic of their Manassas townhouse until firefighters came through the front door in the early hours of Nov. 12.