By Tyler Arnold
(The Center Square) – Virginia public schools will no longer be allowed to provide gender-affirming counseling services to students without first consulting with their parents, per new guidelines from the Virginia Department of Education.
Here’s today’s report from the Prince William County Police Department.
Shots fired at a home in Lake Ridge
A moped rider was fortunate to escape serious injury after an accident last night with a semi-truck.
On Tuesday, September 18, at 11:13 p.m., Deputy K.L. Steffenhagen went to crash in the 1400 block of Warrenton Road (Route 17) near Poplar Road. She arrived to find a southbound 2019 Mack Truck had struck the rear of a southbound 2022 Honda Moped. The moped became stuck in the bumper of the truck.
Stafford County Sheriff’s Deputies will seek charges for a public school student accused of throwing water bottles from a Stafford County School Bus and damaging a passing school bus.
On September 14 at 4:39 p.m., deputies responded to a disturbance call in the 200 block of Poplar Road. Deputy G.P. McCaulley learned a juvenile student had thrown a water bottle from the window of his school bus as it passed another school bus on Poplar Road.
The Hillcats scored single runs in the 2nd, 4th and 5th innings. Richard Paz and Junior Sanquintin had RBIs for the Hillcats.
Andry Lara started and pitched well, going four innings and allowing just one earned run with four strikeouts. Marlon Perez pitched two scoreless innings in relief, and Riggs Threadgill had a scoreless inning as well.
(Free Lance-Star/Fredericksburg.com) — Law enforcement officers in the Fredericksburg area are asking local governments to keep inmate fees in place at the Rappahannock Regional Jail for what they deem as luxury items. At the same time, a state-appointed group determines if costs charged to inmates for housing, work release, rehabilitative programs or telephone services should be reduced or dropped altogether. (more…)
Updated Wednesday, September 21 — Theresa Coates Ellis is seeking a second term on the Manassas City Council.
She and Lynn Forkell Greene are the only two Republicans on the city’s top governing board, which Democrats have controlled since 2020.
This weekend, Stafford’s most colorful street festival returns.
Via Colori Stafford is a two-day event that will be held at the Stafford Courthouse Commuter Parking Lot from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, September 24, and Sunday, September 25.
