News & Press Releases
Fire and Rescue Recruit Graduation Class 2021-1
On Thursday, September 16th, at 11:00 a.m., Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue held its graduation ceremony for Recruit Class 2021-1 at the Public Safety Training Center in Nokesville. Class 2021-1 consists of Fire and Rescue Technicians who...
Newsham Questioned Over Visit to Resident’s Home Critical of the Board
FOIA Requests Show the Third Time Bailey Targeted Own Constituent Without Merit At the Board’s September 7th meeting, Police Chief Peter Newsham came under scrutiny for directing a high ranking Sergeant to follow up with a resident critical of the Board...
Coles, Brentsville, Gainesville RSJC Town Hall Widely Attended
Media Circus Surrounding Event Deflated Approximately 80 residents turned out for a town hall hosted by the RSJC commissioners representing the Coles, Brentsville, and Gainesville Districts on October 5th at Patriot High School. The town hall, which was...
Prince William County Resident Satisfaction Survey Shows High Marks for Public Safety
Decreasing Trust (34%) That the County Will “Do the Right Thing” A community survey was taken in April and May of this year to obtain an assessment of how Prince William County residents feel about the services they receive from the County and its...
Biden Admin to Force Businesses to Fire Unvaccinated Workers – 26,378 Prince William citizens could be impacted
On September 9th, President Biden announced that businesses with 100 or more employees will be forced to fire workers who have not obtained a COVID-19 vaccine. This rule is expected to be drafted and enforced by the federal government’s Occupational Safety and Health...
Public Safety Communications Receives Trailblazer Award
The Department of Public Safety Communications received the Trailblazer award from RAVE Mobile Safety. This is related to 9-1-1 and emergency care. The department was named as one of three municipalities that are leading the pack in the U.S. with location accuracy for...
Other Police Incidents in September
Assault on Law Enforcement, Strangulations, Robberies, and more Attempted Malicious Wounding – On August 22 at 2:00PM, officers responded to the Manassas Mall located at 8300 Sudley Rd. in Manassas (20109) to investigate an assault. The victim, a...
In FOIA’D Text Convo, School Board Chair Says “CRT is What We’re Doing Here”
In a text string obtained via FOIA by county resident, Jeff Fuller, School Board Chairman, Dr. Babur Lateef, appears to acknowledge that Critical Race Theory is being implemented in Prince William County Schools. In a May 19th text conversation with Katie Olsen-Flynn...
Board Majority Wants Increased Density for Kline Farm Project
Community Previously Opposed to 250 New Units; New Project Likely to Contain Upwards of 400 at Request of Members of Board Majority When the hearing on the Kline Farm property (corner of the Prince William Parkway and Liberia) was pulled in November,...
Supervisor Vega Seeking Citizen to Represent Coles District on the Commission of Aging
Apply today by sending an email to [email protected] Supervisor Vega is looking to appoint a citizen with a heart for our more seasoned residents as her representative to the Prince William Commission on Aging (COA). The commission advises the...
Racial Commission Gets Mixed Reviews
Prince William County’s Racial Commission received the most public feedback thus far during its August 19 meeting at the Kelly Leadership Center. Around twenty residents spoke during public comment time, with roughly half in support of the commission and half opposed....
Other Police Incidents in August
Abductions, robberies, malicious woundings, and more Abduction | Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle – On August 6 at 9:47PM, officers responded to investigate an alleged abduction that was reported to have occurred in the area of Westminster Ln and Worchester...
County Survey: Residents Overwhelmingly Oppose Proposed “Equity and Inclusion” Policy Document
Questioned Need for Policy, Racist Language Most Commonly Cited Reasons for Opposition Prince William County’s proposed “Equity and Inclusion” policy document received mainly negative feedback from County residents this summer. Between June 23 and July...
Supervisor Vega Receives Tour of Renovated Freedom Museum
On August 9, Supervisor Vega received a tour of the Freedom Museum at their new location on the Corner of Center and West Street in Old Town Manassas (previously located at Manassas Airport). The non-profit museum contains artifacts from American military...
Body Camera Footage of Police Encounter with Potomac District Citizen Reveals He “Did Nothing Wrong”
Visit to Resident’s Home Spurred on by County Supervisor, Husband As we noted in last month’s edition of the Coles District Newsletter, an August 3rd email sent to the Board criticizing specific members for targeting a private county citizen during a...
VRE Still Down Nearly 90% From 2019
According to information obtained from Potomac Local, the Virginia Railway Express remained nearly 90% off from its June-July 2019 ridership. July 31, 2019 July 31, 2021 June 30, 2019 June 30, 2021 VRE Ridership 418,400 54,400 406,000 49,400 During a FY2022...
Vehicle Assessments Increase, Creating Higher Tax Bills
Supervisor Vega Inquires About Relief for Taxpayers Many Prince William County taxpayers have received higher than expected personal property tax bills this year due to an increase in the market value of cars and trucks. The county uses the National...
2020 Census: Prince William County Remains Second Largest, Most Diverse County in Virginia
Population and demographic numbers released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Prince William County remains the second largest and most diverse county in Virginia – titles unchanged since the 2020 census. Prince William County’s overall population increased by...
We Will Never Forget
This month will mark 20 years since the September 11th attacks. We must remember the 2,977 lives lost at the hands of terrorists, including 23 Prince William County residents. At 9:30 AM on Friday, September 10th, Prince William County will be hosting an event to...
SOL Test Scores Plummet in Prince William County, Northern Virginia, State
Virtual Learning the Reason The decisions by local school boards and administrators to force children into virtual learning environments last year caused Standards of Learning test scores to plummet across the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Prince William...