Recent weather-related closings and delays mean students in Prince William County public schools need to get more instructional time. The School Board adopted the superintendent's recommendations to meet Virginia state requirements.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014.

On Feb. 18, detectives from Prince William County Va. Police Department's Gang Unit were able to identify three suspects involved in the Feb. 15 fight at Potomac Mills Mall in Woodbridge. Detectives further learned that the altercation stemmed from an ongoing dispute between two rival street gangs.

Nominations are now open for the first ever Prince William Poet Laureate, a two-year position to be selected and filled under an exciting new Laureate program of the Prince William County Arts Council.

A total of 81 animals from dogs and cats to snakes, a bird and a gerbil, found loving homes during Prince William County's Animal Shelter’s “My Furry Valentine,” a free adoption event Feb. 11-16.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) seeks people in diverse categories interested in serving on the National Advisory Council (NAC) to apply for appointment. The council aims to ensure effective and ongoing coordination of federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation for natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters.

On February 15th at 6:38PM, officers responded to Potomac Mills Mall located at 2700 Potomac Mills Cir in Woodbridge (22192) for a large fight near the food court. Initial reports advised that someone had a gun and that shots were fired. Police said no armed suspect or shooting could be confirmed.

Dr. Anitza San Miguel, a scientist and an interim associate dean at the Manassas campus of Northern Virginia Community College, has been selected to participate in the National Hispana Leadership Institute’s ten-month Executive Leadership Program in 2014.