It was a deadly weekend on the roads this Thanksgiving holiday in Virginia where 12 people lost their lives.
State police were out in force Wednesday through Sunday night during the holiday weekend. The number of fatalities rose slightly from the same time in 2011 when 11 people were killed on state roads.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Improvements are coming to U.S. 1 and Va. 234 in Dumfries.
Crews will soon begin re-aligning a right turn lane that carries drivers from Va. 234 to U.S. 1 south. The improvements will also come with some changes to traffic signals in the area, said Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Jennifer McCord.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police and Santa will take some special children shopping and to breakfast this year.
On two Saturday’s next month, Dec. 8 and Dec. 15, the Santa Cops program returns as Prince William police, officers at the county’s Adult Detention Center, Virginia State Police, and police from Manassas, Manassas Park, and Haymarket will treat 100 children to shopping and breakfast.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Police, family, and friends descended on a church today on Va. 234 near Dumfries to mourn the passing and honor the life of an assistant police chief.
Asst. Chief Gerald “Jerry” Tolson passed away from cancer Nov. 19. A college spokeswoman said Tolson recently visited a doctor was informed he had about a week to live.
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All lanes of I-95 north have reopened. More from Virginia State Police:
We warmed you. Virginia Railway Express warned you. And now we know that VRE’s Santa Train Tickets sold online starting at 9 a.m. sold out in just four minutes.
That’s 3,605 tickets to ride special trains on the commuter railroad’s Fredericksburg and Manassas lines where Santa will be on board Dec. 8.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — It’s been three weeks since 17-year-old Evan Newsom was shot and killed by police. And during that time no new official details about the shooting have been released.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Drivers on Courthouse Road now have some help knowing when other cars have come to a stop on the two-lane road.
The Virginia Department of Transportation on earlier this month planned to activate a new flashing warning system to alert drivers to stoped cars near Winding Creek Road.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Two community organizations in Prince William County are selling fruit for the holidays.
First, the Dale City Lions Club has set up a produce stand in Woodbridge. Here’s a press release from the Dale City Lions Club:
Republican Delegate Mark Cole of Stafford County doesn’t like the idea of voters using a utility bill or check as an acceptable form of voter identification.
Cole told Fredericksburg.com a new bill he introduced would ban the use of such forms of ID at polls in Virginia.
