Manassas News

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Police charged a man for discharging a firearm in a public place, which they later learned was a BB gun.

The Prince William County-Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce installed the 2009-2010 officers Saturday.

I've received several copies of the children's book my daughter, Susan, wrote and I'm very excited and proud to have a published author in my family.

The $11 million parking garage that was long touted as a way to bring more people into Old Town Manassas will be closed Saturday, at the same time the city is scheduled to host one of the region's largest Fourth of July celebrations.

Paul Warner Powell, set to be executed July 14 for the 1999 slaying of a 16-year-old girl in Manassas, has chosen electrocution as his means of death.

Many people believe fireworks originated in China. Others say India made the sparkling discovery, according to fireworks.com. But July Fourth, fireworks are all about the U.S. of A. And here you can see blasts, parades and celebrations at sites from Washington to Quantico and from Manassas Park to Woodbridge.

An elderly woman suffered fatal injuries in a Tuesday evening crash on Va. 234 in Manassas.

A woman is in critical condition after a head-on crash in Manassas this afternoon.

Artist Mike Flynn's watercolor of the Manassas train station just after a rain captured both first place and the "people's choice" award in the third annual art competition, "Paint! Manassas." Second place was a painting of City Square Cafe by Michele Frantz, and third place went to Maria Briganti for her painting of Weir Alley.

The Manassas Regional Airport has developed a reputation as a bustling regional terminal, with small private planes, and both corporate and commuter jets that frequent the airstrip.

Two Herndon men were seriously injured when their small plane crashed into a wooded area near the Manassas Regional Airport on Friday afternoon.

A small aircraft crashed near the Manassas airport early Friday evening, according to Robert Halsall, Jr., deputy coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management for the City of Manassas.

The Happy Hoofers had some sad news this week. Adele Inks, our dancer emeritus, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 96.

Sixty days of back-and-forth between the three fire and rescue organizations in Manassas failed to resolve much.

Updated: Train operator among four killed in train crash Metro now says at least four people have been killed in a train collision on the red line, in the worst crash in the system's 33-year history.

The Elizabeth McIntosh Hammill Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo-lution, of Manassas, recently hosted the annual awards tea ceremony for Good Citizens Award winners and JROTC award winners from eight area high schools and three JROTC units.

Manassas Regional Airport, 10600 Harry Parrish Boulevard, Manassas will be the site of a special event to celebrate the Father's Day weekend.

It certainly does feel good to feel good. I've jumped in with both feet this week and am enjoying being busy.

Fire officials in Manassas are asking the public to help them get a new fire truck.