A couple in Bristow has been charged after police say they used drywall to keep children trapped inside a room in their home, a judge rules a Fredericksburg university is not responsible for the rape of a student, and recycling may be a thing of the past at another area school.
Woodbridge, Va. –– A woman is behind bars charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
Woodbridge, Va. –– One man was shot in the chest during a home invasion in Woodbridge early Saturday.
The school system’s summer job fair will be held Tuesday at Freedom High School at 15201 Neabsco Mills Road in Woodbridge, where students will be interviewed for teacher and office assistant positions that will open later this year during the schools’ summer remedial program.
Those who are hired will be paid $7.50 per hour and work with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Stafford County, Va. –– Road work on the Potomac Creek Bridge on Brooke Road has been postponed until Monday April 4.
Statistics from the Virginia Employment Commission show Stafford County grew 55 percent between the first quarter 2000 and third quarter 2010, increasing the number of jobs in the county from 23,262 to 36,121 during those 10 years.
During that same time period, Fredericksburg grew by only 9 percent, Spotsylvania County by 31 percent and King George County by 9 percent.
With light snow in the forecast, over 800 people grabbed their coats and their kites to enjoy an early spring festival at Gunston Hall on Saturday.
Each spring, the Friends of Gunston Hall host a kite festival to support the historic site’s education fund. Susan Blankenship, Development Program Coordinator, says that the local community have come to expect a great program facilitated by dedicated volunteers who come as period actors.
Christopher Rodriguez, a 28-year-old former Navy sailor, will stand trial July 6 on after Stafford County investigators say be used an internet chat room about vampires to meet the girl, then traveled last fall from his home in Florida to meet her so the two could have sex.
The 21-year-old delivered the plea this morning in a Manassas courtroom.
Virginia’s governor must decide if he will require state health insurance companies to provide benefits to autistic children, officials at Prince William’s animal shelter want to see less animals there euthanized, and exploring the underwater areas of Aquia Creek to preserve the past.
