PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY

Two Virginia schools that were named after a confederate general are set to be renamed in honor of local African-American community members: A couple who fought for equal civil rights and a beloved security assistant. The Prince William County School Board voted unanimously Monday night to change the names of Stonewall Jackson High School and Stonewall Middle School, WTOP reported….

Prince William County schools could soon vote to rename Stonewall Jackson Middle and High schools. News4’s Drew Wilder explains one option could be to rename the schools after a husband and wife who were trailblazers in local civil rights and education.

The board that runs the Prince William-Manassas Adult Detention Center voted to end its agreement to report inmates’ immigration statuses to ICE. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Police in Virginia have arrested nearly 50 protesters responding to the death of George Floyd after they marched onto Interstate 95, briefly shutting down a portion of the nation’s busiest north-south highway

D.C. police are investigating a former detective charged with child sexual assault in Virginia to determine if he may have assaulted any victims while he was on duty, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official. John Pleasant Johnson Jr. is charged in Prince William County with 11 counts of sexual assault including aggravated sexual battery and sodomy. Prince William County…

Coronavirus tests will be available for everyone in Prince William County on Monday and Tuesday. The county announced Saturday there will be free walk-up and drive-up testing at two locations. Residents in the community can go to Hylton Memorial Chapel in Woodbridge on Monday or Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas on Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for…

Prince William County police are asking the public for help in a sexual assault investigation. A 55-year-old woman reported the attack in Woodbridge, Virginia on May 14. Police said they responded to the 3200 block of Golansky Blvd. to investigate the report from the victim. She told police she was lying in her tent in the woods near that location…

African Americans make up about 20 percent of Prince William County’s population — but they account for 50 percent of the COVID-19 cases in the county. An African American woman in Prince William County, whose family has been hit by the virus, shares her concerns about the disparity.

A former D.C. homicide detective was arrested Wednesday and charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. John Pleasant Johnson Jr. was arrested by Prince William County police. There were 11 counts of sexual assault including aggravated sexual battery and sodomy. Prince William County police said that the assaults took place over a two year period from May 2018 until 2020…

A new coronavirus testing site has opened in Woodbridge, and patients do not need a medical referral to obtain a test here. News4’s Justin Finch Reports

A woman in Prince William County was shocked to learn she had COVID 19 because her symptoms didn’t include a cough or fever. Instead she had gastronintestinal problems. Doctors say that she was able to get a diagnosis because of the journal she kept about her symptoms. News4’s Drew Wilder spoke with the patient about her experience.

One woman in Prince William County couldn’t believe she tested positive for the coronavirus because she never showed any of the typical symptoms. Now she is urging others to listen to their gut and speak up if something doesn’t feel right. Mary McNamee, 62, had allergy-like symptoms at the end of March that sharply turned into gastrointestinal issues. She...

A Prince William County Public School teacher shoved a 13-year-old student in a school hallway, according to Prince William County police. The incident occurred Jan. 16 at Potomac Middle School, and an investigation conducted by police and Child Protective Services determined a verbal altercation started over a confiscated phone. The situation escalated when the student tried to get the phone…

Prince William County police found a 21-year-old woman in the trunk of a sedan on a tree-lined access road behind a mobile home park that leads to a landfill off I-95 in Dumfries, Virginia Thursday. Police say the woman was forced into the trunk by 27-year-old Abubakar Bundu, the father of her one-year-old son, who was also in the car.

Capriece Piper wanted to give back to young girls in her Prince William County Community so she created Divine Dance Company. Leon Harris shows us the positive impact of her performing arts company.

Just one day into their new jobs, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors took a lot of heat Tuesday over the issue of gun control legislation. The board just flipped from a Republican majority to Democratic control and is set to vote on a resolution signaling its support for new gun safety measures being considered by the General Assembly…

Prince William County board members took a lot of heat Tuesday over the issue of gun control legislation. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

StormTeam4 has the forecast for Tuesday, Feb. 6 and beyond.

A Virginia teacher was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed an 11-year-old girl by the ankles and held her upside down.

A middle school teacher is accused of assaulting an 11-year-old student by holding her upside down. Pat Collins reports.