Category Archives: Local News

Lots of colors downtown this weekend. The Via Colori Street Painting Festival is Saturday and Sunday. Each art square is sponsored. Proceeds benefit the Grace Oughton Cancer Foundation that helps ...Read more

Today Stafford will honor late Deputy Jason Mooney with the dedication of Lake Mooney Reservoir. Supervisors voted to rename the reservoir last year. It was previously the Rocky Pen Run Reservoir. ...Read more

The birthplace of 1973 Triple Crown champion Secretariat located in The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County has been named to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service. ...Read more

After 38 years and a number of jobs, County Administrator Doug Barnes retires on Sunday. Last night was his last meeting wth the Board of Supervisors. High praise for Barnes from Sheriff Roger ...Read more

A nine member committee will work on baseball in Spotsylvania. Seven of the members will be members of the Board of Supervisors or someone they designate. Two will be from the Economic Development ...Read more

If you drink and drive this weekend, beware. Local police will be looking for you. The Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office kicked off the holdiay weekend with a DUI checkpoint near Lake Anna ...Read more

A former Stafford County teacher will serve three years in prison for her sex abuse conviction. Erica Mesa was teaching geometry and coaching volleyball at Colonial Forge High School when she ...Read more

It appears Uber, Lyft and similar transportation services will soon be available at Reagan National and Dulles airports. The Airports Authority is launching a plan to add those companies to the ...Read more

Triple A Mid Atlantic expects the number of Virginians traveling during the Memorial Day weekend to be the highest in a decade. About 1 million Virginia residents will travel at least 50 miles ...Read more

A fire in North Stafford yesterday morning damaged three homes in the Widewater Village neighborhood. Fire crews were called to Olympic Drive about 4 a.m. and arrived to find a single-family home ...Read more