Black Lives Matter protesters took to the Fredericksburg streets on July 1 to mark one month after they were teargassed in earlier protests.
Twice the city used teargas in early June, and the Stafford sheriff’s office also deployed teargas on protesters on Falmouth Bridge.
In a highly unusual move, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors has edited all vulgarity out of the public comment portion of its June 16 video recording.
Black Lives Matter supporters filled the citizen comments period demanding racial equality, the defunding of police, and the end of the 287(g) program, abolished the next day. All this comes after a month of nationwide protests that were sparked by the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.
A woman called 911 after coming across a group of protestors in Downtown Fredericksburg blocking the intersection of Caroline and Hanover street.
The protest, one of the daily recurrences in Fredericksburg this past month, took place on June 13. It was sanctioned by the city.
The Fredericksburg City Council has passed a three-phase plan to address racial inequality and respond to the recent protests.
For the past three weeks, protestors have taken to the streets of Fredericksburg calling for police reform and highlighting the Black Lives Matter movement following the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd.
Five students from James Monroe High School have tested positive for the coronavirus.
These students were all at the June 5 personal graduation ceremonies that the school held in its parking lot.
The Stafford County School Board is looking to pass a new policy on employee conduct, including regulations for electronic communications with students.
Under this policy, employees are allowed to engage in electronic communication with students on school-approved platforms for “legitimate purposes connected to school programs or services,” the policy outlines.
Stones at Government Island in Stafford County have been vandalized.
The Sheriff’s Office got reports of this incident on May 26 and are investigating, according to Major Shawn Kimmitz.
Schools will be opening in the fall, at least in some capacity.
Gov. Ralph Northam announced at his June 9 briefing that the schools will be opening in phases that correlate to the phases of general reopening.
Stafford County will not be holding a live graduation ceremony this year.
The cancelation comes after Gov. Ralph Northam has announced that no gatherings of 50 people or more can take place.
The driver of a 2003 Ford Focus that crashed on Prince William Parkway last night has died on June 8 as a result of severe injuries.
This single-car crash occurred near Golansky Blvd. in Woodbridge in the evening hours of June 7. The driver was headed eastbound and lost control of the vehicle.
