Body Mass Index or BMI, a calculation using height and weight, is commonly used to classify patients into weight categories including underweight, normal weight, overweight, and stages of obesity.

Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) joined as an original cosponsor to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul’s (R-TX) bipartisan Digital Security Commission Act, according to a news release from her office on Feb. 29.

Prince William County police officers were injured at the scene of a domestic related shooting which occurred in the 13000 Lashmere Ct in Woodbridge. A subject is in custody, accorrding to Sgt. Jonathan Perok in a report at 7:37 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27.

Prince William County Public Schools are the first in the nation to give teen-aged students, staff members, and families free access to a mobile app that is already helping college students avoid danger on college campuses nationwide, a news release said.

Due to the severe weather, the buses are being held at two Prince William County schools: Rippon MS and Featherstone ES. Update will be provided.

Parents are invited to attend a presentation on the dangers of social media by the Prince William County Police Department in collaboration with Prince William County Schools Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. in the Hylton High School auditorium.

Virginia has joined the amicus brief urging the US Supreme Court to protect women's access to contraception under the Affordable Care Act, according to an announcement from Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring.

Trash and recycling services held on Saturdays from 7 a.m. to noon will continue at the Evergreen Volunteer Fire Station.