Ashley Walsh, Latin teacher for Prince William County Schools' Virtual High School and Latin teacher at Battlefield High School, is the first-place national winner in a digital lesson design challenge.

Jarrett Lash and Hanhbee Lee, juniors at the Governor’s School @ Innovation Park in Manassas and who also attend Patriot High School in Nokesville, took second place honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) with their design for a new way to capture solar energy by mimicking the natural process of photosynthesis--how plants convert sunlight to energy.

Prince William County Schools has announced recent appointments and transfers effective for the 2017-18 school year:

Virginia State Police is mourning the loss of its 63rd member to die in the line of duty since 1932. Special Agent Michael T. Walter, 45, succumbed to his injuries from a shooting shortly after 5 a.m. Saturday (May 27, 2017) at VCU Medical Center in Richmond.

Virginia State Police and City of Richmond Police are actively searching for a male subject who shot a Virginia State Police Special Agent Friday evening (May 26) in the 1900 block of Redd St. in City of Richmond. The suspect is described as a black male of medium build approximately 5’8 to 5’10 in height. He has close-cropped hair and was wearing a red, possibly plaid, button-up shirt with ¾ inch sleeves and khaki cargo shorts or pants.

Elected officials, staff, students, and nearly 300 families joined Prince William County Schools Superintendent Steve Walts to officially rededicate R. Dean Kilby Elementary School in Woodbridge on May 23. The bright, spacious, and colorful building replaces the school that opened on the same site in 1959, some 56 years ago.

A Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative team of journeyman line technicians (linemen) won the overall journeyman competition at the 15th Annual Gaff-n-Go Lineman's Rodeo, March 20, at Meadow Event Park in Doswell, VA.

Prince William County Police Department's crime log for Wednesday, May 23, 2017 - Incidents.