The Historic Port of Falmouth Park is widely known around the region as a place to come cool off during the hot summer months.
Thousands visit the park, with its sandy beach on the banks of the Rappahannock River every year. But, the park is also known for being a dangerous place for swimmers.
Hospitals in our area are adapting to life after the pandemic, and at least one has resumed its normal visitation policy.
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge says it’s ready to welcome once again the visitors who wish to visit patients inside the hospital. Sentara will resume standard visitation policies for all Sentara hospitals and outpatient facilities.
Fire ripped through a house in the Aquia Harbour neighborhood just after midnight, leaving four people displaced from their homes.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue were dispatched for a structure fire in the 1000 block of Potomac Drive in the Aquia Harbour neighborhood. Crews reported the heavy fire had spread to all three levels of the home.
Vandals targeted a trail at Jennie Dean Park, spray painting “BLM” and “FTP.”
The acronyms represent Black Lives Matter and a phrase showing disrespect to police officers, respectively. Those two markings, as well as a third, “I can’t breathe,” the last words from George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was killed at the hands of a police officer last year, were found on two of the utility boxes on a trail inside the park.
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We’re learning more about a shooting that took place last night in Dale City.
One man was shot while inside his home just of Longview Drive in Woodbridge last night.
The 25-year-old victim was inside his living room when a bullets pierced the wall of his house and struck him. He is expected to survive.
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Girls on the Run, a youth development program for girls in grades 3 through 8 that creatively integrates running, is looking for volunteer Coaches age 16+ to work with small groups of girls twice a week for the period September 13 through November 21. Coaches are trained to facilitate an easy-to-follow curriculum over the course of 10 weeks. No running experience necessary but be prepared to be a positive role model for these young ladies! To apply as a Fall 2021 Girls on the Run of NOVA coach, please fill out an online application. Please email [email protected] for more information.
A Spotsylvania woman died in a crash on Route 2 in Stafford County on Friday, July 2.
At 8 a.m., Jasmine Rennish, 18, was driving a Ford Mustang was traveling in the right northbound lane in the 1700 block of Jefferson Davis Highway, near Stafford Hospital, when it entered standing water, the Stafford sheriff’s office says.
As if all of the talks about the coronavirus vaccination over the past six months wasn’t enough, now Virginia lawmakers have changed some vaccination requirements for children in schools.
The Rappahannock Area Health District (RAHD) is reminding families of changes to school immunization requirements effective July 1, 2021. These changes include:
Here’s an important note for those who travel on Virginia’s highways. especially through the Richmond area.
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed early this morning while riding in a Kia sedan, which was traveling on I-64, near the intersection of I-95. The driver of the car exited the highway and stopped in the 500 block of East Broad Street, near a U.S. Federal Courthouse.
