FROM Prince William County Police Department Reports
01/14/25 / Health & Safety / Manassas / People & Places / Police & Fire Beat /
PWC Police make arrest in connection with Jan. 9. 2025 shooting.
“The reason our staff from Student Services is here tonight is because we really care. We want to help our students as much as we can,” said Rebekah Schlatter, supervisor of secondary counseling. She shared tips and resources on indicators of trauma and suicide warning signs. “Making connections are key to children’s health and well-being. Nobody succeeds alone; everyone needs help,” Schlatter added.
Tickets to ride the Dec. 12 Virginia Railway Express (VRE) Santa trains go on sale at 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 23 at
http://www.vrespecialevents.org and select vendor locations. In 2014 all tickets sold out online in eight minutes and within 1 ½ hours at vendor locations even though VRE added one more train to the Manassas line and placed restrictions on ticket sales.
During a public special meeting by the Board of County Supervisors on Saturday, Nov. 21, Chairman Corey Stewart issued a directive for the Board's independent internal auditor, RSM, to conduct an inquiry into whether police are following the Board's direction and long-standing policy to report all founded illegal immigrant cases to ICE.
SafeWise, a recognized community safety organization, has announced its10 Safest Cities in Virginia Report for 2015, and Manassas Park is one of only three cities in Northern Virginia to receive this distinction.
Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.
FROM Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
11/19/15 / Agriculture / Good Eating /
Virginians will be able to feed their families a Thanksgiving meal for less than $4.50 per person this year, according to an informal price survey conducted by the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation.
Prince William County elementary school students will design and build a robot in FIRST LEGO League (FLL) this Saturday, Nov. 21 at Gar-Field High School on Smoketown Road in Woodbridge. The competition is free and open to the public to come out and see what the “new cool” called robotics is.
Vint Hill Road (VA 215) between Schaeffer Lane and Determination Drive will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 to 4 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23 so that crews can perform water main and storm sewer line work, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.