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.

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.

Murder Investigation *ARREST – On November 17th, after an extensive search, Lamar LEWIS was located and arrested at an apartment located in the 3800 block of Mulkey Cir in Marietta, Georgia by members of the Atlanta U.S. Marshals’ Fugitive Task Force.

Featherbed Lane will be closed to through traffic at Lee Highway Nov. 17 & 18 for paving in Manassas National Battlefield Park, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.

Ashton Avenue opened to through traffic between Crestwood Drive and Lomond Drive today Nov. 17 as crews finished replacing a damaged culvert, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. Earlier VDOT had estimated a Nov. 18 reopening.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.

Prince William County VA Police Department's crime report for Monday. Nov. 16, 2015.

Six George Mason University students are bringing the Manassas Museum to the world in a new virtual tour now available on the museum’s website.

City officials in Manassas Park report that the city has contracted with Branscome Paving, Inc. to resurface Scott Drive beginning Tuesday, Nov. 17 and Evans Street beginning Nov. 18. Both projects end next Saturday, Nov. 21. Paving work hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. No parking areas will be posted.

Jared Kupiec is joining Frank Principi's team as chief of staff. Kupiec, who worked with the Woodbridge District supervisor during his recent reelection campaign, has more than a decade of government, communications and public relations experience.

Investigators from the Prince William County Police Department's Crash Investigation Unit are currently investigating a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian which occurred this morning around 6:30AM in the 8200 block of Linton Hall Rd in Gainesville (20155).