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The shooter suspected of injuring two men at Benton Middle School on Sunday, May 1, has been identified as 23-year-old Isaiah Malik Gordon.

Police said Gordon lives in the Wyndham Pointe Apartments off Panther Pride Drive next to Potomac Senior High School near Dumfries. So far, they’ve been unable to locate him.


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The first Fredredericksburg Regional Intern Expo is in the books, and participating students from area schools did much more than get coffee for the boss.

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Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va., Fairfax, Prince William) today will make a stop in Woodbridge during his Infrastructure Week, a series of events demonstrating the investments the bipartisan infrastructure law will support in Northern Virginia.

Connolly will host an energy and environment tour of the Prince William County Service Authority’s H. L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility, at 1861 Rippon Boulevard in Woodbridge. During this tour and discussion, Connolly will hear how new projects will be implemented to ensure we are delivering clean water.


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Transurban, operator of E-ZPass Express Lanes on Interstates 495, 95, and 395, on Monday, May 2, announced a revised opening date of late 2023 for the Fredericksburg extension of the I-95 E-ZPass Express Lanes from North Stafford south to the Rappahannock River, known internally the as Fred Ex project.

Supply chain issues and Potomac Formation soils (Light-gray to pinkish- and greenish-gray quartzo-feldspathic sand found in Virginia from Fairfax to Richmond) have caused problems for construction crews.


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A farmers market will return to Stafford Hospital this season.

The market features goods from C&T Produce of Stafford County, Little Irv’s Bakery of Fredericksburg, and Berie Croft Farm, of Caroline County. Vendors will feature Locally-grown vegetables and fruit, berries, jams, marmalades, butter, nuts, and dried herbs.


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A high-speed chase from Stafford to Prince William County landed one man in jail, facing charges he impersonated an FBI agent.

On Sunday, May 1 at 7:42 p.m. deputies went to Stafford Market Place for a report of a disturbance. They found a construction crew preparing work on the parking lot.


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The son of a Stafford County Deputy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Fredericksburg Nationals game on Sunday, May 1, which honored local law enforcement and military personnel.

Crystal Vanuch, a Stafford County Supervisor and Republican candidate for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, accompanied James, 10, to the mound. With his glove in hand, a confident James wound up the pitch and sent it hurtling toward home plate.


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Someone posted a threat to social media to bomb the school, at 101 Spartan Drive, about a mile from Stafford Hospital.

Just before 7 a.m., the Stafford Sheriff’s Office learned of the threat and sent explosive detecting K-9s to check inside and outside the building.


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Prince William County Republicans will hold an annual Lincoln-Reagan Dinner in Manassas to raise funds to support what they call key campaign issues, fighting inflation, stopping federal efforts to limit parental rights in education, and immigration enforcement at the U.S. southern border.

The dinner will be held Friday, May 6, at 7 p.m., at Rose Gold Banquet Hall, 9705 Liberia Ave in Manassas.


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