Manassas News

Emotions were high in a Prince William County Circuit courtroom Wednesday afternoon, as a judge sentenced a Manassas man for second-degree murder.

Everything was fine at KC's Restaurant in the early morning hours of Oct. 11 - until everyone started to leave.

Six guns, a camera and a jar of loose change were stolen in a burglary in the 9500 block of Harvest Place in Manassas on Monday.

MANASSAS, Va. - To get the death penalty for sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, prosecutors must show he killed more than one person over a three-year period - or else rely on the state's new terrorism act, which has yet to pass judicial review.

Longtime Manassas artist Lu Harris has many of her favorite paintings on display at the Center for the Arts in Old Town Manassas.

The big news around the center this week has been the great success of the annual bazaar and rummage sale held last Saturday.

Patriotism, pride and community support for the military were on display in Manassas on Saturday as hundreds lined Old Town's streets to watch the first annual Veterans Day parade and then gathered at Loy E. Harris Pavilion for the second annual signing of the Army Covenant.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The job of keeping John Allen Muhammad alive, should he be convicted in last year's Washington-area sniper attacks, has become more difficult after his refusal to speak to the prosecution's psychiatrist, legal experts said yesterday.

John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorised the Washington, DC, area for three weeks in October 2002.

Members of the Manassas City Council like the idea of commemorating the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas so much that they're ready to give up $100,000 to make it happen in 2011.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Bob Meyers sat in his blue Hyundai yesterday afternoon, letting the engine run to charge his well-worn cell phone that he used as the lifeline to share the news, one call after another.

A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a Manassas woman convicted in her 13-year-old adopted daughter's slaying.

When James D. Martin was shot dead on an early October evening seven years ago in the parking lot of a grocery store in Wheaton, a northern Washington suburb, it got little attention on the nightly news.

Cold weather is here and some local families do not have the warm clothing, coats and blankets needed to stay warm.

Questions about how many people the D.C. snipers killed aren't expected to end with Tuesday's execution of mastermind John Allen Muhammad.

There's a new bakery and cafe in town and the cakes there are pretty darn good. Victoria Wu and her sister, Emily Wu-Rorrer, recently opened Cakes by Happy Eatery, a bakery and cafe at 9685 Liberia Ave.

Attorneys for John Allen Muhammad have released a May 2008 letter in which the mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area proclaims his innocence.

Prince William Health District has been notified that to date over 65 health care providers within Prince William County, Manassas City, and Manassas Park have received over 20,000 doses of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine.

In a Tuesday Nov. 18, 2003 file photo, convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad is escorted into the Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Va.

A 20-year-old Roanoke man who hopped a Norfolk Southern train to attend a party in Manassas was found dead on the tracks late Sunday morning.