Virginia Railway Express is reporting an increase in passengers

The Christ vs. Crack Ministries will hold its second annual Drug Awareness Walk-A-Thon on Saturday.

The quick thinking of a 5-year-old boy helped protect his mother from getting robbed, police said.

Prince William and Manassas police departments reported the following incidents.

This week’s winners and losers.

The Prince William Health System will greatly expand its tobacco-free environment come May 31, when tobacco will be banned throughout hospital grounds.

Tickets are now on sale for the Virginia Railway Express excursion train ride to Clifton and back during the Manassas Heritage Railway Festival.

Quiet, rural Nokesville will come alive Saturday, as thousands of people are expected to turn out for the 35th annual Nokesville Day festivities.

When it comes to the stalled economy, Manassas is not the only one suffering, said Historic Manassas Inc. Executive Director Linda Robertson.

A few sixth graders at Mayfield Intermediate School joined the Continental Army Thursday afternoon—if only for a few minutes.

Youth baseball players in the Dumfries area are going to have to find a new place to play ball.

The estimated closure time for Dale Boulevard is two weeks or less, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.

An accident blocked one lane of Interstate 66 westbound on Thursday afternoon, including part of an off ramp near Manassas.

The National Weather Service continued is flood watch for areas in Northern Virginia on Thursday afternoon.

Thirteen months after Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group acquired The Mills Corporation, the investment group revealed plans for a multi-million dollar project that is bringing an upscale retailer and an expansion aimed at further ridding Potomac Mills mall of its warehouse-like exterior.

Manassas police are investigating an early morning burglary at Baldwin Elementary School.

The Virginia Department of Transportation reports that work continues on the section of Dale Boulevard that was washed away by heavy rains earlier this week:<

On Wednesday evening, a small group of Boy Scouts descended on the basement and backyard of the Yorkshire area where Phyllis Martin and her husband, Glen Martin, live to help the couple with their clean-up efforts.

Cutting spending wasn’t easy in Prince William County. Cutting the grass at thousands of foreclosed homes in Prince William County won’t be easy either.

The Center for the Fine and Performing Arts specialty program at Woodbridge Senior High School will present the fifth annual “Arts After Dark” festival on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the lower lobby and auditorium of the school. 

The victim in the Tuesday shooting outside a Manassas-area grocery store was reported to be in stable condition Wednesday afternoon.

Prince William County could be getting an animal advisory committee, but its top elected board official said that doesn’t mean the animal shelter is getting more money.

John Parrish and Wayne Parker of Kline Memorials in Manassas carefully placed stencils on the Prince William County War Memorial on Wednesday morning. The stencils bore the names of two local men who died in service to the country.

The Shops at Stonewall shopping center will be anchored by Wegmans supermarket and the center is almost finished.

The Prince William Health System will greatly expand its tobacco-free environment.

Construction crew hits buried gas line.

A pedestrian was the victim of a strong-arm robbery overnight on Coverstone Drive. 

Do the roads really need better maintenance? 

The four Democratic candidates running for U.S. Congress from the 11th District this year were quite diverse in their career paths and that was never more evident than during the course of their debate at the A.J. Ferlazzo Building in Woodbridge on Tuesday evening.

Gov. Timothy M. Kaine began a series of town hall meetings Tuesday pushing his newest investment plan — this time by raising a regional sales tax in Northern Virginia to upgrade its transportation system.