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Winning middle school student gets $150 gift card, $1,000 for school

By Potomac Local News
Jocelyn Turman, a student at Drew Middle School in Stafford County, won a $150 gift card from the Virginia Lottery.

A Stafford County student was honored as one of three winners of the fifth annual Virginia Lottery Thank a Teacher Art Contest. Jocelyn Turman, a seventh-grader at Edward Drew Middle School, won in the contest’s middle school category.

Three winners (one each from the elementary, middle, and high school levels) were selected from nearly 300 entries to have their artwork featured on thank-you notes distributed to thousands of teachers across the state during National Teacher Appreciation Week, May 2 through 6, 2022. 

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Exclusive: Advocates, VDOT collaborate to restore a nearly forgotten equestrian trail on I-66 at Bull Run

By Uriah Kiser
Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland (right) tours a newly-restored section of trail along the Bull Run, near the Manassas Battlefield National Park at Interstate 66.

In the effort to add new toll lanes to Interstate 66, a trail used by hikers and horseback riders underneath the highway connecting the Manassas Battlefield to other nearby parks was nearly lost.

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Wood, Lofton running for Dumfries mayor seat

By Uriah Kiser
Surrounded by elected Democrats from Prince William County, Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood announces his bid for a second term.

The race for Dumfries mayor is taking shape.

Sitting Mayor Derrick Wood announced he is running for re-election for a second four-year term. South Cove Homeowners Association President Ebony Lofton is also vying for the job.

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Wintery mix possible Wednesday, tornado threat Thursday

By Potomac Local News
Thursday, March 31, 2022 forecast map from the National Weather Service.

Our weather will change rapidly over the next 48 hours, with chances of wintery precipitation in the early morning hours, tomorrow, Wednesday, March 30, and damaging storms on Thursday, March 31.

The wintry weather will move into the region overnight. However, behind the approaching warm front will be warmer temperatures.

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Driver involved in high-speed crash on Route 1 on life support

By Potomac Local News

[Updated March 30] On Tuesday afternoon, March 29, A Dodge caravan speeding south on Route 1 hit the rear of a Hyundai Santa Fe stopped in a turn lane across the Falmouth Bridge in Fredericksburg.

The Santa Fe began to spin, consequently hitting another truck.

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Road rage shooting leaves hole in sedan’s passenger door

By Potomac Local News
A the driver of a sedan found a bullet hole in his passenger door following a road rage incident on Route 17 in Stafford County. [Photo: Stafford sheriff's office]

On March 28 at 6:49 p.m., a Stafford sheriff’s deputy went called to Route 17 in Falmouth a reported shooting. The victim said the driver of a Volkswagen sedan flipped the victim a middle finger, in the area of the Rio Car Wash.

As the drivers continued south on Route 17 and approached the intersection of Interstate 95, the other driver fired one shot from a black handgun, striking the rear passenger door of the victim’s sedan.

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Virginia joins 20 states challenging Biden’s mask mandate on public transportation

By Potomac Local News
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Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is joining 20 other states in a multistate action against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s continued use of a mask mandate for public transportation.

The Federal Government extended its mask mandate on public transportation to include local school buses until April 18.

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County breaks ground on $55 million Brentsville Road interchange at Route 234, Pr. Wm. Parkway

By Potomac Local News
Caption: Greg Andricos, Wagman President and COO, left, Former Coles District Supervisor Marty Nohe, Khattab Shammout, Prince William County Department of Transportation, or PWC DOT, Dagmawie Shikurye, PWC DOT, Prince William County Chair at-Large Ann Wheeler, Northern Virginia Transportation Authority, or NVTA, Chair Phyllis J. Randall, NVTA CEO Monica Backmon, Prince William County Acting County Executive Elijah Johnson, Elnour Adam, PWC DOT, Dic Burke, Virginia Department of Transportation, Mark Gunn, Rinker Design Associates and  Ricardo Canizales, PWC DOT break ground for the Route 243 and Brentsville Road Interchange Project which is expected to be completed in about two years. [Photo: Prince William County Government]

When complete in 2024, two new bridges and seven ramps will carry cars through the interchange over Prince William Parkway.

A new pedestrian bridge over Route 234 will connect to an existing pedestrian walkway winding south past the Lake Jackson Dam.

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