Update Tuesday
At 4:36 p.m. Virginia State Police responded to a vehicle fire along Interstate 95 at the 125 mile-marker in Spotsylvania County.
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Author: Potomac Local News
More poeple in the Fredericksburg region are being hospitalized for the coronavirus, according to a press release from the region’s health officer.
A total of 41 people are now in a hospital with coronavirus disease, up from 21 patients just a week ago. The number of new cases is also on the rise, according to the health officer, as 65 new cases per day are being reported. The number of new cases in the region has been increasing since March 19, when the average case rate was at 35 new cases per day.
Drivers on Route 17 near Falmouth south should expect overnight delays near Fredericksburg in the coming weeks.
Construction crews will hoist new beams into place at the intersection of the highway and Route 17. The beams will support a new bridge that will carry traffic on I-95 south over Route 17.
Prince William County Police Chief Peter Newsham today pulled a permit for a Woodbridge nightclub that’s been the scene of two murders in the past year.
Babylon Cafe, located at 3081 Golansky Boulevard in Woodbridge, lost a permit that allowed it to host live events. The establishment is under review, police said, after 25-year-old Javon Robinson of Stafford was found outside the club in the parking lot suffering gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
A Stafford man was shot and killed outside a Woodbridge nightclub.
Police were called to Babylon Cafe at 12:17 a.m. where they found 25-year-old Javon Robinson, of Stafford, suffering gunshot wounds. He was taken to a hospital, where he died.
If you’ve eligible to get your coronavirus vaccine, and you’ve been putting it off, here’s your opportunity.
Today at 12:30 p.m. the local health officials will distribute about 300 tickets today at Dean Park, at 9501 Dean Park Lane in Manassas. The park is located near a former DMV office off Godwin Drive.
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Construction crews are about to remove a sharp curve in Old Bridge Road, a vital link to Interstate 95.
The curve is at Occoquan Road, and it’s one of the sharpest turns on any six-lane street in the region. The $11.5 million project will realign the highway south of Occoquan Road. Transportation officials hope the improvements work to ease traffic congestion that forms in the street’s elbow, which backs up to Route 123 at Interstate 95.
We have an update to a story we told you about yesterday when officers were called to a report of shots fired at a home near Beville Middle School in Dale City.
Police said the shooter, a woman, struck an officer before she was taken into custody. No one was injured.
Shots rang out in Dale City at about 2:30 p.m.
Police and medics were called to the 13600 block of Lindendale Road, near Beville Middle School, for a report of a possible shooting.