On February 16, 2015, the City of Manassas is declaring a Snow Emergency effective at 12 a.m. (midnight) tonight. This means that cars parked along designated snow emergency routes are subject to towing and fines.

School Board Vice Chairman Alyson A. Satterwhite (Gainesville), will hold a town meeting on Thursday, March 5 beginning at 7 p.m. in the library of the new Haymarket Elementary School, to discuss the FY 2016 budget and Capital Improvements Program.

PRTC bus service between Woodbridge and Tysons Corner that was in danger of being terminated will continue to be available due to public comments at a public hearing.

At about 9 p.m. on February 14, a building on Battle Street in the historic downtown area of the City of Manassas had a substantial collapse, according to Patty Prince, public affairs specialist for the city government.

On February 9th at 11:33AM, officers responded to the Bank of America located at 8501 Sudley Rd in Manassas (20109) to investigate a robbery. Employees of the bank reported to police that an unknown person, wearing a disguise, entered the bank and approached the counter.

During the Feb. 2 Manassas City Council meeting, Mayor Harry "Hal" J. Parrish II delivered the State of the City of Manassas address in a video message to city residents–welcoming new businesses, highlighting activities, noting volunteer efforts and the city's first resident survey and underscoring the hiring of a city economic development director.

On February 26th at 7 pm, Gainesville Marque resident and author, Frank Fuerst, will be speaking about his 17-year journey as caregiver for his wife, June, an Alzheimer’s patient. As a result of that journey, Frank wrote the prize-winning Alzheimer’s Care With Dignity, a book he would have liked to have had during June’s illness.

Beginning 8 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 5, all Novant Health facilities including the hospital in Manassas will lift visitor restrictions that were put in place Jan. 2, according to a news release. During the height of this flu season, Novant asked the community to keep visitors younger than 18 years old out of its hospital facilities.

Scouts and their families will be participating in a circuit hike (about 4 miles) through the City of Manassas Feb. 7, weather permitting with stops at five churches. Participants will donate food and will pick up trash along the way. At each stop a church representative will conduct an interactive discussion with the youth about two of the Ten Commandments along with a brief introduction to their particular religious denomination.

Virginia Department of Transportation's I-66 Public Information Meeting that was scheduled for tonight, Jan. 27, at Bull Run Elementary School in Centreville has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Still scheduled are the Jan. 28 info session at Battlefield High School in Haymarket and the Jan. 29 info session at VDOT headquarters in Fairfax.

The effort to kill the $12.1-million appropriation needed to bury power lines along US 1 in Woodbridge came to a halt Jan. 13 when Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted it down at a public hearing in McCoart Government Center.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015.