Seven tips from Virginia State Police to get ready to safely navigate next snowstorm due Jan. 10-11,

A new cookbook with hundreds of recipes, cooking tips, recipe notes, local history, photos of local people and of beautiful stained glass church windows has been produced by the women of Sudley United Methodist Church.

Maureen Matty, a first grade teacher in Prince William County, VA, for 35 years, has retired from Signal Hill Elementary School in Manassas

Manassas City Council has accepted a $1.4 million SAFER grant to expand firefighting capabilities by adding 12 new positions

Nokesville's Patriot High School and T. Clay Wood Elementary School banned together to hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the adjacent schools. The June 28 ceremony drew a standing room only audience of students, staff, parents and guests, filling Patriot High School’s state-of-the-art auditorium. Many dignitaries attended the evening event as well. Here, students of T. Clay Wood, which will open in the fall, ready to cut the ribbon officially opening their school.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for June 30, 2011.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for June 29, 2011.

Drivers on Wellington Road, between VA 28 (Nokesville Road) and Dean Drive, from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. will have to take a detour on July 5, 6 and 7. The detour is part of the VA 28 overpass construction in this area. Message boards inform drivers of the area of the upcoming closure.

Prince William County Police Department’s crime report for June 28, 2011.