Prince William County is currently in the process of developing the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. To get residents' ideas, the county's Planning Office will host two community meetings. One meeting was already held Oct. 30.

Prince William Committee of 100 will host a free discussion about the Rural Crescent, in effect now for 20 years, on Thursday, Nov. 15, at Bristow Manor, 11507 Valley View Drive, Bristow VA 20136. An optional social hour and dinner will precede the panel discussion.

Prince William County Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018.

After consulting with family, staff members, friends and supporters, Prince William County Sheriff Glendell Hill says has decided to seek a fifth term for the Office of the Sheriff which services Manassas and Manassas Park as well as Prince William County.

It’s official. Half of Amazon's second headquarters will be coming to Northern Virginia. The company will invest about $2.5 billion and create 25,000 jobs over 12 years, according to a news release from Virginia Business. Over the next 20 years, the state will pay an annual incentive to Amazon based on number of jobs and salary levels, make transportation improvements to ease mobility in the region and invest in technology education from kindergarten through master's degree levels with matching funds from educational institutions.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative's group of employee volunteers, NOVEC HELPS, is collecting new toys for children and new gifts for teenagers for Northern Virginia Family Service's Gifting for Families program and US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots drive. New unwrapped toys and gifts may be dropped off 8:15 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday, until Friday, Dec. 7, at NOVEC offices in Manassas and Woodbridge.

Parents can earn about specific specialty programs during upcoming open houses this week at some PWC middle schools. Representatives of the specialty programs will be on hand during their scheduled session to answer questions and provide detailed information about their respective programs. Most students start specialty programs in sixth grade.

Effective Dec. 1, 2018, Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling collection services at the Balls Ford Road Composting Facility are hereby suspended until further notice due to anticipated construction activities at the site.

Lake Ridge Rotary invites the community to its first Flags For Heroes event at PWC’s 9/11 Memorial Park next to PW Parkway on Nov. 11 from 10:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. An “All Veterans Muster” will take place early in the morning at 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 11.