Category Archives: Local News

The Special Olympics Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run comes thru the area on Friday. In this area, the Stafford Sheriff’s Office will begin the Torch Run on Route 1 in North Stafford at ...Read more

(Spotsylvania) From the Spotsylvania Health Department: A gray fox found on Thursday, June 4 was tested and confirmed positive for rabies. The fox was found in the Spotswood Furnace Road Area in ...Read more

(Falmouth) House Speaker Bill Howell of Stafford easily won the Republican nomiantion in the 28th District that includes Stafford and the city. Howell took 62% of the vote over tea party ...Read more

A naturalization ceremony will take place Sataurday morning in Stafford at Chatham Manor. 35 people from 30 countries will take the oath of United States citizenship. Officials with the ...Read more

The Spotsylvania baseball committee met for the first time last night. Supervisor Chris Yakabouski was elected chairman. He says the group will work on a stadium lease with the Hagerstown Suns ...Read more

UMW President Rick Hurley and Germanna Community College President David Sam this morning signed a direct transfer agreement for Business Administration students. Germanna students who graduate ...Read more

House Speaker Bill Howell of Staford has a big cash advantage over challanger Susan Stimpson in the run-up to next Tuesday’s primary election. Howell’s campaign said yesterday it had ...Read more

Self-driving cars are coming to Virginia. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute will oversee the research test on parts of Interstates 95, 495 and 66 along with routes 29 and 50. The Google ...Read more

The Stafford Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery late last week at Princess Jewelry in North Stafford on Doc Stone Road that resulted in the theft of more than a half million dollars ...Read more

Stafford officials this morning dedicated the Lake Mooney Reservoir to the late Stafford Deputy Jason Mooney. He died in 2007 in an accident while responding to an emergency call on I-95. The area ...Read more