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Woodbridge’s original hot chicken shop is hanging a new name on the building.
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Prince William County police on Monday identified the driver who died after an Aug. 27 crash in Haymarket. Tyler Paul Graybill, 18, of Haymarket, ran a stop sign at Dominion Valley Drive and Waverly Farm Drive, struck trees, and was later pronounced dead. Speed is believed to have been a factor.
The county’s daily report also includes an armed robbery Friday night at the AutoZone on Cape Cod Court in Woodbridge, a shots-fired call that left a home struck on Royal Court, and a driver accused of brandishing a gun on Richmond Highway.
Greetings, Prince William. Volunteer Prince William is seeking new community partners throughout Manassas City, Manassas Park, and Prince William County to support the Alternative Community Service Program. Partner sites must be able to:
If you’re interested in learning more or ready to sign up, email [email protected] or call 703-369-5292 and ask for Shelley.
Join us for the LLT 5K Run/Walk, a community-powered fundraiser supporting Empower Latina and our mission to uplift, empower, and create opportunities for Latina women and girls. Whether you run, walk, or cheer from the sidelines, your participation helps make a meaningful impact. Lace up, show up, and empower Latina!
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Prince William County planning staff is recommending approval of Potomac Lofts, a 130-unit condominium project on the vacant Kaiser Permanente clinic at 14139 Potomac Mills Road. The Planning Commission is scheduled to hear rezoning case REZ2025-00030 on Sept. 9.
A Spotsylvania jury convicted a man of second-degree murder in a teen’s death, Virginia received an overall “C” on a new infrastructure report card, Stafford County set its 25th-anniversary 9/11 ceremony, and ARTfactory will stage “Hairspray” at the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
A Spotsylvania County jury convicted Tyler Butler of second-degree murder Thursday in the May 3, 2025, shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Bosworth, a Massaponax High School senior, the Fredericksburg Free Press reported. After a three-day trial in Circuit Court, the jury also found Butler guilty of attempted second-degree murder, malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. A charge of maliciously shooting at an occupied dwelling was reduced to unlawfully shooting after two other homes in the River Club subdivision were struck by gunfire.
Officers were called at 6:12 a.m. to a home in the 4600 block of Whitaker Place after a report of a domestic dispute that turned into a stabbing. They found Maliek Raykwon Harrington, 27, of Woodbridge, inside with stab wounds to the upper body and began first aid. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
Police said Harrington and a family member got into an altercation that escalated. The accused pulled a knife and stabbed him multiple times in the upper body, according to the department.
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Dominion Energy says there were no major outages in Fairfax or Prince William counties on Friday. A system glitch made it look like thousands of customers were dark, including a false reading of 13,450 out in Fairfax, Woodbridge and Warrenton, according to Northern Virginia spokeswoman Aisha Khan.
“We had no major outages in Fairfax and Prince William Counties yesterday. However, we did have a glitch within the system that made it look like we had large outages in Fairfax, Woodbridge and Warrenton (13,450),” Khan wrote Saturday in response to questions from Potomac Local News.
Our family loves Dolly Parton. We’ve been to Dollywood. So on Friday morning, on the way to taking my 5-year-old granddaughter to Hazelwild Farm, I stopped by Paul’s Bakery on Lafayette Boulevard and bought two dozen Dolly Parton donuts — some for family, some for the staff at Hazelwild’s Country Day Preschool.
I was not the only one making the trip.
Town Council honored Officer Justin Hendrickson on Tuesday for stopping at a catastrophic Interstate 95 crash while off duty, helping pull people from a burning vehicle, and giving first aid until fire-rescue crews arrived.
The May 29, 2026, southbound crash in Stafford occurred about 2:30 a.m. and killed five people and injured more than 30. Hendrickson, hired by the Occoquan Police Department in September 2022, was heading home after a shift when he came upon the scene.