PWC Police make arrest in connection with Jan. 9. 2025 shooting.

With another round of winter weather moving across southwest, western, Shenandoah Valley and northern Virginia this evening (Jan. 18, 2024) and continuing through mid-day Friday (Jan. 19, 2024), the Virginia State Police is once again reminding Virginians to plan ahead and avoid having to travel during inclement conditions.

Officials from Prince William County Fire Marshal's Office are on the scene investigating the cause of an apartment building fire in Occoquan that was reported shortly after midnight today, Jan. 17. The Building Official determined the six-unit building was unsafe to occupy. The Red Cross is helping eight people find housing.

Prince William County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 6:19 a.m. to a restaurant fire at the Chick-fil-A, located in the 9900 block of Sowder Village Square, Manassas, off Rt. 28 near Manassas Airport, for a report of the building on fire, according to Matt Smolsky, Assistant Fire Chief-Fire Marshal.

Witnesses or victims of human trafficking are encouraged to text 847411 on their phone and then type “VSP” followed by the tip. Anonymous web tips can also be submitted through the tip411 web portal featured on the Virginia State Police website at https://www.tip411.com/tips/vastatepolice/new

Prince William County Planning Office reports it has released interactive chapters of the adopted 2040 Comprehensive Plan via a new website "in a format that streamlines the user experience and offers more user-friendly options allows for viewing on all platforms and is ADA compliant."

On January 14, 2024, at 4:19 p.m., Manassas City Police responded to the Brentwood neighborhood area for a report of a shooting.

According to a news release, Virginia Senate Democrats defeated Bills 32, 42, 81 and 92 that would have added restrictions to voting including restricted access to early voting, reverse same day voter registration, required photo ID to register and required usw of social; security numbers to verify voter ID.

The preliminary investigation has revealed the two deceased were located by family members who had received concerning texts indicating the two were having an argument. A three-year-old girl was inside the residence at the time and was unharmed. The child was released to the custody of family members.