Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam broke his first tie in the Senate of Virginia Jan. 23, 2014. Northam voted on a bill that addresses the leading cause of death for teenage drivers - using a cell phone while driving.

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative asks all customers to voluntarily reduce power use today, Jan. 23, 2014, while frigid outdoor temperatures are causing customers to use more energy than normal to run their heating systems and water heaters.

Marsha McClellan, owner of The Yoga Connection in Manassas, said clients and fellow instructors at the studio are like family to her. That is what makes the studio special and welcoming to new students.

Snow emergency in city of Manassas VA will begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. This means that cars parked along designated snow emergency routes are subject to towing and fines. List of routes follows.

New Horizon Security Services, Inc., a Manassas security services firm, has been awarded the Virginia Department of General Services (DGS) contract to provide security officers in multiple buildings and parking facilities throughout the state capital in Richmond.

Residents are reminded that in Prince William County all dogs age four months and older must be licensed by February 1, 2014. There are two locations in Woodbridge and two in Manassas or get the dog license in the mail. Here's how.

Customers served by the city's water department along Vint Hill Road in the Fox Chase community will be without water from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

A NOVEC official has asked customers to put off some household chores requiring major appliances until temperatures rise and demand for electricity drops. Single digit outdoor are putting an extra load on the power system to run heating systems and water heaters, NOVEC says.