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Updated: Woman found shot to death in Manassas area home

Published January 17, 2022 at 12:31PM | Updated January 17, 2022 at 10:57PM

Police found a 37-year-old Mary Anne Smoot suffering a gunshot wound in an apartment near a Costco warehouse near Manassas.

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Storm brings 3 inches snow, crashes, leaves behind blustery cold

By Potomac Local News

Published January 17, 2022 at 11:00AM

A driver plowed into a ditch at intersection of Rotue 234 and Talon Drive near Dumfries during winter storm on Sunday, January 16, 2022. No one was injured. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

A winter storm dumped nearly three inches of snow on the region before changing to ice and rain.

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By Potomac Local News

Published January 17, 2022 at 10:00AM

Glenn Youngkin is sworn in as Virginia's 74th Governor on January 15, 2022. [Photo: Twitter/@GovernorVA]

Local headlines, news, and notes.

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Women’s Self Defense Seminar

December 5, 2025 6:00 pm -8:00 pm

American Drengr Krav Maga

10079 Market Circle, Hastings Marketplace

Manassas, Virginia 20110

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American Drengr Krav Maga is hosting the last in our 2025 Women’s self-defense seminar series on Friday, December 5th 2025.

Surviving an attack is more than training your body — it includes training your mind and spirit to be resilient. Krav Maga can help you find the potential for strength that you already have and push you to develop it.

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Hammer-wielding dollar-store thief sent girl to hospital, police said

By Potomac Local News

Published January 14, 2022 at 3:45PM

A robber used a hammer to strike a 17-year-old girl, an employee of a dollar store near Manassas.

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Ahead of storm, power crews pack supplies, ask customers to pack their patience

By Potomac Local News

Published January 14, 2022 at 3:30PM

Brian Jeter, an overhead line trainee with Dominion Energy [Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Power crews in the Fredericksburg area are getting ready for another winter blast that could bring snow, ice, and rain to our area on Sunday and Monday.

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Manassas leaders, police call attention to human trafficking

By Rick Horner

Published January 14, 2022 at 12:06PM

Manassas Councilwoman Theresa Ellis (right) mentions the Blue Campaign to end human trafficking during a city council meeting on Monday, January 10, 2022.

A Manassas City Council member whose also running for congress shined a light on human trafficking.

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Jefferson Davis Highway signs removed in Fredericksburg

By Potomac Local News

Published January 14, 2022 at 9:00AM

Fredericksburg street crews removed a large Jefferson Davis Highway street sign that hung Mary Washington Boulevard at 11 p.m. Thursday, January 13. The street has been renamed Emancipation Highway. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

After nearly 100 years as Jefferson Davis Highway, the name is no more.

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Neighborhood Notes

Community Notes

By Potomac Local News

Published January 14, 2022 at 6:00AM

The first of two light industrial buildings at Merritt Business Park at Quantico Corporate Center are complete. [Sumitted photo]

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Stolen ambulance crashes, driver charged

By Potomac Local News

Published January 13, 2022 at 3:30PM

Guzman [Photo: Prince William police]

A stolen ambulance crashed early this morning in Dale City.

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