Author: Uriah Kiser

STAFFORD — Stafford County leaders will take a tour of the region to get new ideas on how to build a walkable downtown.

Officials will leave the county’s government center on Tuesday for a tour of small towns around the Washington, D.C. region on Tuesday, April 10. They’ll be looking at walkable space, streets, and the layout of vehicle parking.

STAFFORD — More information about a fatal crash in Stafford County involving two high school students tricked out from non-law enforcement sources this week.

Stafford County Garrisonville District Supervisor Mark Dudenhefer says two teenagers were traveling on Poplar Road. The female driver hadn’t had her license for a full year, he said. A second occupant of the car, a male, died.

STAFFORD — Residents on Tuesday night pleaded with Stafford County leaders to raise their taxes.

They say the county’s current tax rate of 99 cents per every $100 of the assessed residential property would provide needed money to repair and rebuild crumbling schools, and improve the county’s transportation network.

STAFFORD — A juvenile involved in a crash on the two-lane Poplar Road in Stafford County is dead.

The crash occurred Thursday, March 29 at 7:56 a.m. in the 1900 block of Poplar Road.