Prince William County Fire Marshal's Office is investigating cause of fire in detached garage on Smithfield Rd. in Manassas.

Firefighters extinguish blaze in crawl space of Nokesville home about 7:43 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 6. Damages estimated at $50,000.

An Active Shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people. In a confined and populated area, active shooter situations are unpredictable and evolve quickly. Often within 10 to 15 minutes, sometimes before law enforcement arrives on the scene, individuals and institutions must be prepared to deal with an active shooter situation. Committee of 100 is sponsoring a panel discussion Jan. 19.

Since the storm’s arrival in Virginia, Virginia State Police troopers have responded to more than 660 traffic crashes and aided more than 900 disabled vehicles statewide (Time period: Midnight Saturday (Jan. 7) through 6 a.m. Sunday (Jan. 8)).

As snow from a storm impacting most of the state moves into northern Virginia, drivers are asked to avoid unnecessary travel through snow bands. About 1,350 pieces of equipment in northern Virginia will remain on duty through the day to treat roads for one to three inches of snow forecast for the region.

Virginia State Police have spent the overnight hours responding to multiple calls across the Commonwealth for disabled and crashed vehicles. Road conditions are treacherous and Virginians are advised to stay off the roads.

Residents can now visit http://www.pwcgov.org/roadinfo to see which organization or jurisdiction is responsible for taking care of each road in the county.

On Jan. 4, 2017, Manassas City Police identified John J. SCHAFER, 47, as the suspect in an armed robbery that occurred at 7-Eleven (9056 Liberia Ave) and in an attempted robbery that occurred at Family Dollar (9112 Mathis Ave). Both incidents took place between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 3, 3017. SCHAFER was arrested without incident at his residence, located at 8887 Grant Ave.