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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has activated new pedestrian crosswalks at four intersections along Route 3 (Plank Road) in Spotsylvania County, between Salem Church Road and Gordon Road. The upgrades are part of VDOT’s Statewide Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, aimed at reducing pedestrian injuries and fatalities.
Crosswalks and signal equipment were added at Gordon Road, Chancellors Village Lane/Single Oak Road, Old Plank Road/Five Mile Road Extended, and near the Salem Church Crossing and Chancellor Center shopping centers. Equipment is scheduled to go live overnight on October 15, with full functionality starting Friday, October 17. Pedestrians will now have a dedicated crossing phase, and new median refuge areas will allow them to cross in stages.
Virginia Mercury – Republican state Del. Ian Lovejoy wants to continue his work in the Virginia House of Delegates representing voters in part of Prince William County, and is facing a challenge from Democrat and former state lawmaker Elizabeth Guzman.
Both have different views on how to address data centers, reproductive rights and the increased cost of living, issues which loom large in Northern Virginia’s House District 22.
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We first told you about this on Monday: A 90-year-old man was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head on Grant Avenue in Manassas. Police now say the death appears to be a suicide and that there is no threat to the public.
The incident occurred on Sunday, October 13, 2025, in the 9100 block of Grant Avenue. The victim’s next of kin has been notified. The investigation remains ongoing.
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Fredericksburg officials gathered Tuesday afternoon to break ground on the largest public works project in the city’s history — a $180 million upgrade and expansion of the wastewater treatment plant behind Dixon Park.
City leaders say the modernization will prepare Fredericksburg for decades of residential and industrial growth, reduce nutrient pollution in the Rappahannock River, and provide the infrastructure needed to serve new industries — including data centers planned within the city’s Technology Overlay District.
FFXnow – At least six people have been hospitalized, and local residents are being advised to shelter in place, as firefighters seek to control a two-alarm fire at a metal scrap yard along Richmond Highway in Lorton.
Fairfax County Fire and Rescue units were dispatched just after 1 p.m. to the Davis Industries property at 9920 Richmond Highway for an outside fire, according to scanner traffic.
Hala Ayala, a former Virginia delegate from Prince William County, has been named the new National Political Action Committee (PAC) Director for the National Organization for Women (NOW), the group announced Monday.
Ayala, who represented House District 51 from 2018 to 2022, said the new role will focus on building political power, boosting fundraising, and electing more women nationwide. “We’re not here to play small,” Ayala said in a statement. “We’re here to build power, raise the resources, and elect leaders who reflect the people.”
