There is a new look at the Dumfries Police Department.
Officers will soon ditch the old black uniform shirts for new gray shirts. The patches sewn onto the shirts to signify the department will also undergo a change, as officers will have patches outlined in silver with silver lettering, and supervisors will have gold outlines and lettering.
A U.S. congressman wants to talk to more of his constituents in Woodbridge.
Rep. Rob Wittman (R- Prince William, Stafford) will hold office hours at the Dr. A.J. Ferlazzo Government Building in Woodbridge on the second Monday of each month.
The Stafford Democratic Committee will be hosting a meeting on February 8 in the Stafford Government Offices.
Local elected officials are expected to attend and speak at this meeting, including Delegate Mike Futrell and Garrisonville Supervisor Laura Sellers.
Successful blogger, wife, and mother of three Kristina Kotlus was faced with the fight of her life at just 28 years old.
In 2013 she learned she had a brain tumor. It sidelined the normally active web publisher who filled her days finding fun things to do for families in Prince William County on her website, pwcmoms.com, as well as managing her active family of three young children.
Executive Director of the Life is good Kids Foundation, Steve Gross, will be the featured speaker at the Regional Youth First even in Stafford.
The event will take place on February 7, at the Riverside Convention Center in Stafford.
Update
All Stafford County Public Schools will be closed today. Employees will be on code 2. Liberal leave is in effect. Administrative offices will open at 10 a.m.
Local school systems
Updated: Stafford County
A woman faces charges after a police officer was struck in the face at a Wegmans grocery store in Woodbridge.
More in an unedited press release:
A church congregation will move from Stafford County to Dumfries, and it will worship inside of a commercial building.
The Dumfries Town Council approved a conditional use permit, or CUP, for the Grass Roots Christian Fellowship church who will become the newest tenant of the Elwey Center building on U.S. 1. The special permit was required because, prior to the Council’s vote, the building was zoned for business use only.
The Stafford County School Board has released their meeting and activity schedules for the month of February.
There are two expected meetings with the School Board for February, as well as several Advisory Committee meetings.
