A large pothole formed on Interstate 95 south today prompting emergency repair roadwork.
The work is slated to begin at 8 p.m., at I-95 and the Route 17 overpass in south Stafford.
Author: Stafford Local
A North Stafford convenience store was robbed at gunpoint Saturday night.
Four people wearing dark clothes entered the 5 Twelve C store at 1075 Garrisonville Road, across from Mount Ararat Baptist Church, at 10 p.m. They were in the store for about two minutes before one man walked up to the counter, pulled out a shotgun, and demanded cash, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The first-annual Stafford County Christmas Parade took place on Saturday, December 19, at 5 p.m.
The parade route started at Stafford Middle School and ended at Brooke Point High School. All the parking spots quickly filled up at Brooke Point so attendees had to park along Courthouse Road.
Years of vandalism have prompted Manassas Park to restore the Conner House.
The Conner House is currently being restored due to deterioration and vandalism and is not open to the public. Many organizations are helping to restore the Conner House to it’s former glory. Some of the restoration will include new railings, repairing broken windows, and other parts of the vandalized interior.
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A family that lived in a refugee camp before coming to the U.S. will have a new home in North Stafford.
The Habonimana family will move into a new home at 3 Aquia Avenue on Sunday. Originally from Tanzania, mom, dad, and their five children aged 16, 14, 10, 6, and 18 months, will live in the home made possible by Habitat for Humanity Fredericksburg.
The National EMS Memorial Tree of Life on Display at the Stafford County Public Safety Center honors two Stafford EMS providers who lost their lives while trying to help others.
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A woman in her mid-20s committed suicide at a public gun range on Tuesday.
Stafford authorities were called to The Range at 62 Potomac Creek Drive in Stafford County at 3 p.m. to investigate the incident.
The volunteers at Stafford Volunteer Fire Department will once again this year bring Santa Claus on a tour through neighborhoods in Stafford County.
The volunteers will travel through neighborhoods starting on Thursday, December 17 through the weekend. Officials said look for the lights and sirens coming through the neighborhood, and then come outside and see Santa Claus.
Stafford Sheriff Charles “Charlie” Jett will say goodbye tonight.
A special meet and greet is planned at the Stafford County Public Safety Center from 4 to 7 p.m. where at least 300 people are expected to come and shake the hand of the veteran sheriff who has spent a lifetime serving the department, and as county sheriff since 2000.
Stafford authorities say a man told then he placed his car key into the doors of several parked cars on Elkton Drive and became angry when the doors didn’t open.
The Stafford sheriff’s office was sent to the street in England Run near the Central Rappahannock Regional Library on Sunday, December 13 at 5:30 a.m. after reports of a suspicious man trying to break into cars on the street were called into 911.