Free drive-thru COVID-19 testing will be offered at the Hylton Memorial Chapel in Woodbridge on Friday to residents of Prince William County and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park. 

The Community Feeding Taskforce has a big need for volunteers who can work in their warehouse located at 8418 Kao Circle, Manassas.

The University of Mary Washington is offering “COVID-19 in Context,” an eight-week online summer course starting June 1 free of charge to the community.

National Guard troops will conduct COVID-19 testing at the Prince William-Manassas Adult Detention Center starting Thursday in response to an outbreak that has so affected 37 inmates and 11 staff members, according to jail officials.

The Virginia Department of Transportation is recommending $38 million in intersection and pedestrian improvements along a 2-mile stretch of Va. 28 between Fairfax County and the City of Manassas Park that they say will make trips safer and quicker. 

The Prince William Health District will provide another round of free COVID-19 tests Thursday morning in Manassas.

How will the COVID-19 pandemic affect the designs of the places we live and work? That's the question at issue in “Urban Planning in the Time of Corona: The impact of COVID 19 on real estate development," sponsored by the Prince William Conservation Alliance.

As a mom of 2-year-old twin boys, a state legislator and a court-appointed defense attorney, Del. Jennifer Carroll Foy already has a lot going on. But she’s not letting any of that that stop her from pursuing her next big goal: to become the first woman – and woman of color – to be elected g…

The president of Battlefield High School’s Athletic Boosters Club has been charged with felony embezzlement after an investigation that began in January, Prince William County police said.

A 29-year-old Woodbridge man died Saturday as a result of injuries he sustained when his pickup truck struck a tree near the intersection of Davis Ford and Yates Ford roads in Manassas, according to police.

Prince William County Supervisor Jeanine Lawson, former state delegate Rich Anderson and several Republican candidates for office joined about 120 people in a “Reopen Prince William County” rally Saturday afternoon outside the Old Courthouse in Manassas.

Restaurants in Prince William County and Manassas will remain to-go only this weekend, despite efforts by Prince William County and Manassas officials to seek Gov. Ralph Northam’s permission to allow some outdoor seating.

After receiving $41 million in federal aid from the CARES Act, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors decided Tuesday it will spend about $15 million to help ailing small businesses and residents impacted by the crisis. 

The number of weekly unemployment claims filed in Prince William County fell for the sixth straight week, and the number of continued claims filed in the county is beginning to level off, according to the latest report from the Virginia Employment Commission. 

Memorial Day weekend is traditionally the opening weekend for Prince William County’s public pools and waterparks. But most of those facilities won’t open at all this season because of constraints due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted along party lines early Wednesday morning to appoint three new citizen members to the Prince William-Manassas regional jail board, setting up a debate over whether the jail board will renew the county’s 287(g) agreement with U.S. Immigrati…

A multiple-vehicle crash has closed all of southbound U.S. 1 and part of northbound U.S. 1 Wednesday morning, according to the Prince William County Police Department.

Quantico Mayor Kevin Brown ran unopposed in the town’s top job, but the town council will have two new members in July. 

The Town of Haymarket will be led by a new mayor and a mostly new town council as a result of Tuesday’s town elections.

UPDATED: Prince William County police on Monday arrested a Maryland man in connection with a May 6 hit-and-run crash in Manassas that killed a 62-year-old Bristow man.

Today's free COVID-19 testing at Stonewall Jackson High School was closed by 11 a.m. because the site reached capacity within just one hour after opening.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday that Virginia Beach beaches will open Friday -- ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend -- for recreational activities such as sunbathing and swimming. But some restrictions will remain in place.

If you are facing food insecurity, or someone you know needs food assistance during COVID-19, the Community Feeding Taskforce Food Helpline is open! 

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Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a man who sexually assaulted a 55-year-old woman Thursday evening in a tent located in a wooded area off Golansky Boulevard in Woodbridge.

A cohort of 12 Virginia lawmakers, including four representing areas of Prince William County and the Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park, are pressing Gov. Ralph Northam and the State Corporation Commission to reject permits for a Virginia Natural Gas expansion project that will bring gas …

Prince William County Police Chief Barry Barnard announced Wednesday he will retire effective July 1.  

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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors wants the details on the school board’s investigation into Superintendent Steven Walts’ Twitter direct messages with students. And they want to see the messages – all 10,000 of them.

Two Prince William County ZIP codes have the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state of Virginia. Now, some county supervisors are urging the local health district to increase testing and tracing in those areas to help contain the spread of the virus.

Manassas City residents’ real estate tax bills are going up in fiscal year 2021, which begins July 1.

Gov. Ralph Northam has issued an executive order allowing localities in Northern Virginia to delay entering phase 1 of the state's reopening process until midnight on Thursday, May 28, to allow the region more time to meet the health metrics.The new order, Executive Order 62, will allow the …

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A Manassas-area man was arrested Friday after, police said, he inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl.

A man was robbed in the parking lot of a bank in Woodbridge Saturday afternoon, Prince William County police said.

On Saturday afternoon, more than 100 people gathered in front of the Warren Green Building in Warrenton to protest the restrictions on businesses and public gatherings that have been put in place by Gov. Ralph Northam during the novel coronavirus pandemic.  

Ashley Faaborg is an elementary school assistant principal, so she knows a thing or two about creating an environment conducive to learning.  

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Federal aid is on its way to local governments, but there’s a catch: it can't be used to pay back local revenues lost as a result of the pandemic. It can only be used to pay for COVID-19 related expenses. 

If coronavirus health restrictions allow it, the Class of 2020 might just get to walk across the stage and receive their high school diplomas after all. 

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Depending on various COVID-19 measures, Ralph Northam says the state still plans to reopen shuttered businesses and ease some pandemic restrictions by Friday, May 15. But the governor also said areas hit harder by the pandemic can keep certain limits in place if they decide their local numbe…

Fauquier’s biggest sporting event may happen next month.

Police say a Woodbridge man posed as a potential buyer for a motorcycle listed for sale on Facebook and instead of buying it, stole it from the seller’s shed.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced at a press conference Monday afternoon that Virginia will likely begin phase one of the state’s reopening on Friday, May 15, provided the state continues to see a downward trend in COVID-19 health impacts. 

Two Pennsylvania residents were arrested and charged with child neglect and drug possession after officers were called to a Manassas-area Sheetz Friday.

A Springfield man was arrested Sunday after, police said, he returned to a Haymarket home he was asked to leave and fired several rounds at the home.

UPDATED: A Woodbridge woman has died as a result of the injuries she sustained Friday afternoon when she was hit by a vehicle while walking her dog on the sidewalk along Cardinal Drive in Woodbridge, according to Prince William County police.

Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia is challenging in the best of times, but in the time of COVID-19, things can be even more difficult.