Prince William County News

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving D.C. millions to help homeless families, and many surrounding suburbs also are receiving funding.

Taking the dog out isn't supposed to be a dangerous task, but Monday night, a Prince William County couple in Virginia encountered three taser-wielding robbers outside their apartment complex.

Kristie Reed has never hidden her scars. For more than 10 years, the now 24-year-old has lived with scars across her neck - visible reminders of the day that Paul Powell slit her throat and left her for dead.

Local, state and federal authorities have arrested 1,152 fugitives wanted in Virginia on charges that include murder, sexual offenses and drug violations.

LAKE RIDGE, Va. - A man and woman walking their dog Monday evening in Lake Ridge were attacked by armed robbers, police say.

Lawyers for a Virginia inmate scheduled to die next week for killing a 16-year-old friend are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the execution.

Public meeting: Dominion Virginia Power proposal to upgrade existing transmission line along U.S. 50 in Loudoun, Fauquier and Prince William counties When: 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, July 7 Contact: 888-291-0190, powerline@dom.com Dominion Virginia Power is preparing to rebuild a power line that runs from Loudoun County east of U.S. 15 to its Middleburg ...

A proposal to keep jurors anonymous in all criminal trials is under consideration by the Virginia Supreme Court.

A Manassas woman has pleaded guilty to killing her 13-year-old adopted daughter.

The Fourth of July is one of those holidays that seems to just fly by for Sarah Marks.

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

A Virginia man set to die later this month for killing a 16-year-old girl and bragging about it in a letter to prosecutors wants to die by electrocution.

Top By Shannon Sollinger Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2009 UPDATED TUESDAY, JUNE 30 2009 Points in history: Point of Rocks Bridge, built in 1850, made the passage across the Potomac for traders and, a few years later, Union troops, much less perilous.

Prince William County police say they're still searching for two gunmen who forced their way into a Dale City house and shot two men.

A social-services employee has been fired and two others disciplined in Prince William County for mishandling the case of a 13-year-old girl who authorities say was abused and killed by her adoptive mother, officials said.

Police say the suspects and the victims they shot all knew each other and that this was not a random crime.

Anastacio Miranda Sanchez pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of capital murder and one count of first-degree murder in a 2007 family massacre in Woodbridge.

Although the state has identified 19 bridges in Loudoun as needing care, only two will receive federal stimulus funding.

Police said it was as easy as 1, 2, 3. Open the unlocked car door, find the key inside and then drive away.

A 53-year-old man and an 11-year-old suffered serious injures in a blaze that ripped through three town houses in Dale City's Trentdale section Tuesday afternoon.