MANASSAS — Loudoun County will now be picking up the tab for some of the investigations regarding child abuse complaints against Prince William County employees at its juvenile residential facilities, the Molinari Emergency Shelter and Detention Home. Since 1991, Manassas, Manassas Park and the county have had an agreement that one jurisdiction would conduct investigations…
The $3.5 million that Gov. James S. Gilmore III approved Oct. 10 for 150 additional positions for home- or community-based care for the mentally handicapped falls well short of the commonwealth’s needs, a regional advocacy group for mentally retarded people asserts. “It’s pretty much a Band-Aid on a very systemic problem,” said Jeannie Cummins, spokeswoman…
The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board announced Tuesday it has granted Nissan Pavilion a license to sell mixed drinks, overruling an appeal by Delegate Bob Marshall, R-Manassas, who said nearby residential communities would be negatively affected by an expansion of alcohol sales. The ABC Board#&039;s decision came two days after Marshall made his appeal before the…
MANASSAS — The source of a rash that has beset more than 100 students and staff members at Marsteller Middle School may lie in blood test results after a student was diagnosed with fifth disease, a viral infection common in school outbreaks. School was closed Wednesday as officials awaited blood test results from 114 students…
An hour-long, high-speed police chase ended in Woodbridge on Wednesday afternoon when state troopers fired shots into the radiator of a stolen tractor-trailer truck — forcing the fugitive driver to come to a stop. The heated pursuit began in Hanover County when a Florida man stole a tractor-trailer from a truck stop and headed north…