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Stolen ambulance crashes, driver charged

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Guzman [Photo: Prince William police]

A stolen ambulance crashed early this morning in Dale City.

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‘Messy’ weekend storm forecast calls for snow to rain

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The National Weather Service is tracking a winter storm that should arrive in our area on Sunday, January 16. [Image: National Weather Service]

Forecasted to arrive Sunday afternoon, a major winter storm has our area in its sights for a second time in as many weeks. 

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Community Notes

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A Virginia Department of Transportation truck pre-treating roads before a winter storm [Photo: VDOT]

Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) crews today will apply pre-treatment to Interstate 95 and other primary routes in the Fredericksburg, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas with the potential of snow and ice this weekend.

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Stafford Delegate Tara Durant delivers GOP response to Northam’s final State of the Commonwealth address

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Delegate Tara Durant (R-Fredericksburg, Stafford)

Stafford County Delegate Tara Durant (R-28) helped deliver the response to Gov. Ralph Northam’s final State of the Commonwealth Address on Wednesday night.

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Nearby cop stops Lamborghini, charges driver with DUI

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A Stafford County Sheriff's' patrol car.

A sheriff’s deputy in the right place at the right time stopped the driver of a speeding Lamborghini and charged the driver with DUI.

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Library staff get workouts as system returns to curbside-only service

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Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch Manager Craig Graziano gets a workout delivering books to patrons patiently waiting in their cars. [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Libraries in Stafford County and Fredericksburg reverted to curbside-only service this week.

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Dumfries’ lucky day: Officials break ground for gaming resort and hotel

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Brent Stevens, Peninsula Pacific Entertainment founder [Photo: Uriah Kiser/PLN]

Officials gathered to break ground Tuesday, January 11 on a new 305-room hotel and gaming resort in Dumfries.

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Community Notes

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Stafford County Public Schools thanked community members who helped the division weather a severe winter storm that affected the region Monday, January 3, 2022. [Photo: Stafford County Public Schools]

Stafford County Public Schools on Tuesday honored more than 20 people in the community who helped clear roads, help communicate school-related information, and assist the division during a severe winter storm that hit the region Monday, January 3.

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Candle fire displaces 11 adults, 2 children in Woodbridge

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A fire in a Woodbridge condo displaced 11 adults and two children [Photo: Prince William fire and rescue]

On Monday, January 10 at 4:41 pm, Prince William County fire and rescue crews went to the 15000 block of Weathervane Terrace in Woodbridge for a report of a fire inside a condominium.

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Plastic bag tax law confuses businesses, residents, says Manassas city manager

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