Police are on the scene of a shooting at a Motel 6 in Dumfries, where one person was found suffering gunshot wounds. The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital suffering non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
*UPDATE: #Shooting | #Dumfries; one adult male located with non-life threatening injuries and transported to an area hospital. Incident was isolated to the Motel 6. Expect heavy police presence as the investigation continues. https://t.co/aPXPXOeYCw
A women’s health center in Manassas was vandalized, a clinic employee confirmed to Potomac Local News today.
Someone used black spray paint to vandalize The First Care Women’s Health Center on Forestwood Lane, writing “abortion is a right” and “liars.”
While road crews changed their plans for tonight’s highway work, detours are still planned for tomorrow night as crews work to extend E-ZPass toll lanes to Fredericksburg.
Crews will lift and install new bridge beams for the future flyover at exit 148 at Quantico interchange in Stafford County. The work means all northbound drivers will be detoured a near exit 143, Garrisonville Road, onto the Express Lanes between 10:30 p.m. to 4 a.m. Tolls will not apply to drivers routed onto the Express Lanes.
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[Updated 2:45 p.m Tuesday, May 10] Today, more than 160 business owners attended an annual business appreciation breakfast in Manassas.
The annual event began at 8 a.m. at the newly-opened Chantilly Air Jet Center at the Manassas Regional Airport.
A woman shot multiple times is expected to survive.
On Saturday, May 7, at 3:23 a.m., officers went to a home in the 15300 block of Watermill Terrace, just off Rippon Boulevard in Woodbridge, to investigate a shooting. They found a 50- year-old woman, outside of the home, suffering from gunshot wounds.
Police are searching for a man they say used a video camera to film women inside a restaurant bathroom.
On May 7 at 2:35 p.m., officers went to the Black Sheep Restaurant at 9935 Discovery Boulevard just outside Manassas to investigate a suspicious person. The restaurant manager told police that an employee found a man in the women’s bathroom using a phone under the stall walls to view women in the bathroom.
A motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries after he was involved in a crash.
On Tuesday, May 3 at 1:44 p.m., rescue crews were dispatched to the report of a motorcycle crash on Courthouse Road at Interstate 95. The single rider was ejected from the motorcycle during the crash and it does not appear any other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Delegate Danica Roem announced today she wants to be Senator Danica Roem.
The journalist turned lawmaker who was swept into office in a blue wave of Virginia Democrats in 2017, including Gov. Ralph Northam, announced a bid for a newly-created, vacant 30th Virginia State Senate seat.
The Manassas Mayor and City Council, and Mayor tonight are set to vote themselves a pay raise.
If approved, the elected leaders will see a $2,300 hike in their annual pay, putting the mayor’s salary at $20,000 and council members’ pay at $18,000, the state-allowed maximum.
