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A robbery involving a firearm at a Publix grocery store ended with two men in custody after a brief foot chase behind nearby businesses.
Deputies were called to the Publix at 1640 Publix Way around 9 p.m. on January 27 after reports that two men pushed a cart full of groceries past all points of sale and threatened an employee with a gun when confronted. The suspects ran on foot toward the Five Guys restaurant, abandoning the groceries after the encounter.
A fatal single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning claimed the life of a Sumerduck woman in Fauquier County.
Virginia State Police say a 2019 Kia Forte was traveling northbound on Route 17 near Dyes Lane around 2:30 a.m. when it ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree. The driver, a 36-year-old woman from Sumerduck, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police noted she was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The Prince William County Fire and Rescue Department responded to two separate incidents in Dumfries on Saturday, including a weather-related rescue and a townhouse fire that displaced a family.
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The City of Fredericksburg issued and later lifted a boil water advisory for a limited area of the city following a water main break that caused a prolonged service shutdown.
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Several school divisions across Prince William County, Stafford County, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Spotsylvania announced closures, workdays, or remote learning plans for Monday, February 2, due to lingering snow and icy conditions.
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People continue to walk onto the frozen lake at a Woodbridge church property, despite repeated warnings from Prince William County fire and rescue officials that the ice is unsafe.
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A two-story home on Cropp Road in Stafford County, near the Fauquier County line, was heavily damaged by fire Friday afternoon, drawing a multi-county response from fire and rescue crews.
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