In an effort to beautify City of Manassas neighborhoods with uniform containers for waste and recycling, City of Manassas residents will receive brand new trash carts for their household trash needs.

Manassas City Investigators concluded a cold case investigation that spanned 17 years with the arrest of a Florida man. The investigation, initiated in 1997, involved crimes against two juvenile victims from 1975 to 1977.

Manassas City police make assault and battery arrest in case of road rage incident and take reports of stolen vehicle parts and a stolen truck.

Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood. This summer, there are 100 chances to give hope with the Red Cross by giving blood. Call 1-800-RED CROSS to learn more and to make an appointment.

City of Manassas government has created an online public records database at http://www.manassascity.org/publicrecords Recor.ds will continue to be added to the database as they are digitized and indexed. City Council meeting minutes back to 1963 are currently being digitized and will be added within the coming months.

Members of the VFW Post 7589 in Manassas will conduct a Memorial Day service at 8:30 a.m. May 26 followed by placing American flags on the graves of veterans at Manassas Cemetery.

With new federal and state regulatory requirements, the cost of managing stormwater for the City of Manassas has dramatically increased. Public information meetings about the new stormwater requirements and the proposed fee will be held in May and June.

Since 2000, Joe McGill Jr. has been traveling across the country sleeping in and interpreting original slave quarters to raise awareness of the enslaved population who lived in them. He will be coming to two slave quarters in Manassas VA May 15-17.