On April 29, 2024, the remaining suspect, identified as Patrick DIAZ PINA, who was sought in connection to the assault that was reported on June 12, 2023, was arrested in Fairfax County.

Occoquan Elementary School is in precautionary secure the building status due to reported police activity in the area. All are safe but entry is restricted. Please check school website for updates. http://occoquanes.schools.pwcs.edu/

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Prince William, announces a free education series for families who have relatives with serious mental illness on Thursdays, Feb. 26 - May 28 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Woodbridge.

On February 26th at 7 pm, Gainesville Marque resident and author, Frank Fuerst, will be speaking about his 17-year journey as caregiver for his wife, June, an Alzheimer’s patient. As a result of that journey, Frank wrote the prize-winning Alzheimer’s Care With Dignity, a book he would have liked to have had during June’s illness.

Prince William County Superintendent of Schools Steven L. Walts and school finance officials will give a presentation on the Proposed FY 2016 Budget and Capital Improvements Program to the public on Monday, February 23 beginning at 7 p.m. in Room 1101 of the Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center.

Due to high winds in tonight's forecast, the gantry work scheduled tonight between Rt. 123 and Nutley Street on INterstate 66 has been RESCHEDULED to tomorrow night (Friday, Feb. 6) with intermittent closures of up to 30 minutes between midnight and 5 a.m. All lanes of eastbound Interstate 66 will close intermittently between midnight and 5 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4 and Thursday, Feb. 5 for the installation of gantries. Each closure will last up to 30 minutes, according to a news alert from Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT).

According to Anthem, hackers breached the company's computer systems and gained access to the names, birthdays, medical ID's, Social Security numbers, email addresses, and employment information of 80 million customers across the nation. The Virginia numbers are not yet known but the estimate is 3 million.

There was a brief precautionary evacuation Feb. 5 at Henderson Elementary School due to a fire alarm signal. All are safe.

The board of directors of Didlake, Inc., a leading provider of employment and other opportunities for people with disabilities, has named Rick Sebastian as its new president, effective April 1. Sebastian will assume the role of president as part of an ongoing transition process in which he will ultimately succeed current president and CEO Rex Parr.