Prince William Board of County Supervisors appointed Christopher Martino County Executive during its Sept. 20 meeting. Martino has been serving as Acting County Executive since the Jan. 16 retirement of the previous County Executive, Melissa Peacor.

Prince William County asks residents using The Nokesville School recycling and trash site on Saturdays to please observe the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Items are being left before the service provider arrives. If this continues to be an issue, the county's Solid Waste Division says this service may have to be cancelled.

Fire and Rescue Chief Rob Clemons announced Sept. 19 the selection of Todd E. Lupton as Deputy Chief of Fire and Rescue for the City of Manassas. Lupton has been with the City of Manassas Fire and Rescue System since 2011, serving as Battalion Chief.

There was a brief precautionary evacuation at Patriot High School in Nokesville on Sept. 19, due to an issue with a compressor, according to a news release from Prince William County Schools community relations office.

Governor Terry McAuliffe issued Executive Order #59 Sept. 16 declaring a state of emergency in order to allow for a state response to prevent gasoline shortages following the temporary shutdown of Colonial Pipeline’s main lines in Shelby County, Alabama.

Manassas City Police, collaboratiing with task forces from Northern Virginia, Prince William County-Manassas-Manassas Park, US Marshals Service and US Secret Service apprehended David Mendoza, 18, without incident on Shady Grove Circle, in Manassas, around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. Ten charges were placed against the suspect.

Virginia Tech Mid-Atlantic Aviation Partnership and Project Wing, the aviation division of X, will deliver food using unmanned aerial vehicles during research flights this fall at Virginia Tech.

Prince William County police are seeking the public's help in locating Zion LeBron Favors, a 3 month old black male, 1’6’’, and 10lbs. He has brown eyes and short brown hair. Zion was last seen wearing a diaper. The infant was taken from a Dumfries motel, police said.