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Lake Ridge-area families have enjoyed the annual Fish Out event for half a decade, as it offers an opportunity for grandparents and parents to bond with the younger ones in the family with a few rods, some bait and a pool of Rainbow trout. 

But this weekend's Fish Out will be much different than any of the other ones. For the first time, people at the event are going to witness a protest.

Two people were injured in a head-on collision that closed a section of Minnieville Road for about two hours Thursday evening.

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Just after 5 p.m., a black Mazda 3 heading west on Minnieville just past the intersection with Spriggs Road swerved into the eastbound lane, hitting a red Ford F-150 pickup that was going the opposite direction. 

Two brothers are looking to help the local Boys & Girls Club by creating a theater and dance room for members to use as part of their Eagles Scout project.

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Bryan and Alex Habashi are twins and members  of Bull Run District Troop 1360.

As part of their service project to become Eagle Scouts, they will each transform a general multi-purpose room at the club into rooms with a specific purpose for area youth.

A woman narrowly escaped an armed robbery suspect outside of the Giant Food grocery store Friday, Manassas City Police said. 

It happened Friday, April 8 at 2:40 p.m. That's when a 48-year-old woman was in the parking lot of the grocery store, located at the intersection of Centreville Road and Liberia Ave. She was loading groceries into her car when she was approached by a Hispanic male asking for directions, police said. 



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