The public can prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs at National Take Back Day Sept. 29. Representatives of Manassas VA city police department, Prince William County police department and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Heathcote Health Center in Haymarket and Sentara Lake Ridge in Woodbridge to accept anonymous dropoffs 10 .m. to 2 p.m.

Manassas VA City Police Department's crime report for Tuesday, Sept. 4 includes larcenies involving a laptop, medication, miscellaneous tools and a red tool box and a fight involving two sets of males, 4-5 in one group, 2 in the other.

After a brief evacuation as a precaution, the Prince William County Fire Department has given Vaughan Elementary School students and staff the "all-clear" to reenter the school building in Woodbridge.

Students and staff have been evacuated from Elizabeth Vaughan Elementary School on York Drive in Woodbridge VA as a precaution, according to the Prince William County Schools community relations office at 12:42 p.m.

Prince William Hospital, which is building a new hospital in Haymarket, has partnered with Ronald Reagan Middle School in Haymarket VA to offer free physicals on Aug. 29 to middle school students who plan to try out or participate on any Prince William County athletic, dance, cheer or intramural team for which a physical examination is required.

Manassas City Police Department will offer a free VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) etching event on Saturday, Sept. 15 in the parking lot of the Walmart at 9401 Liberia Ave., Manassas. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) etching, a fast, safe and simple process, is one of the most effective means to deter auto theft that is currently available, according to the city's crime prevention specialist.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has issued a notice to the driving public that paving will close I-66 eastbound and westbound ramps to southbound Fairfax Co. Parkway this weekend, Aug. 10-13: from 10 p.m. Friday night to 4 a.m. Monday morning.

Two adults and one child were displaced when a fire broke out in the 9700 block of Sudley Manor Drive in Manassas VA around 1:45 a.m. this morning, Thursday, Aug. 9. One firefighter became ill during overhaul operations and was transported to a medical facility for treatment, according to Prince William County Fire & Rescue.