The male teacher had turned his back to the class while using a whiteboard, and the student who has been charged with possessing the BB gun pulled it from his backpack, said Stafford County Public Schools spokeswoman Valerie Cottongim.
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Stafford, Va. –– A student from Brooke Pointe High School is facing charges after another student was shot with a BB gun.
The United States is about to unveil a new cyber strategy that will treat cyberspace as another domain of warfare, similar to land, sea and air. As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the U.S. will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack.
As first reported in The Wall Street Journal on May 31, the US will draw upon all the elements of national power to respond to a cyber attack. This is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine.is an important step in the evolution of our cyber doctrine. When strategists first began to deal with how we would respond to a cyber attack, many assumed we would do so within the cyber realm. The new strategy indicates that the U.S. would not hesitate to “take the gloves off” by broadening our response options to such an attack.
The site that sits off of Kings Highway (Va. 3) in Stafford County served as a camp for Civil War soldiers who took up arms in the bloody War Between the States.
Living historians flocked to the site over the weekend, and so did 450 spectators, who all came to be a part of a living history weekend at Ferry Farm.
By Kristina Schnack Kotlus
Schools and Events Writer
Sitting in my preschooler’s parent-teacher conference, I was reminded that all things in education are connected. Attitudes, preferences, home life, they all contribute to achievement. As I reflected on last week’s education news, I was reminded that all policy changes tend to be connected, too.
Police were called over the weekend to the intersection of Widewater and Flippo roads, off Decatur Road in the Widewater section of Stafford County, where he saw two cars parked and a woman standing outside of the vehicles.
The deputy questioned the woman and those inside the car, and then spoke with a man who appeared to have bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and a smell of alcohol on his breath, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Volunteers needed for Civil War festivities
The Prince William Convention and Visitors Bureau has called for volunteers to assist with parking, hand out brochures as well as tackle a wide range of other tasks during this year’s 150th Civil War Celebration, reports NOVA Fortnighlty.
Police search alleged killer’s cell phone
Fairfax County police have recently searched the cell phone of the man charged with killing another man in the county’s Belle View area April 13, Kingstowne Patch reports.
Update Tuesday
Police have released the name of the man charged in an house fire over the holiday weekend.
Daniel Martin, 48, of Hope Road, is charged with arson, obstruction of justice, resisting arrest and drunk in public, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Lake Ridge, Va. –– Vanessa Baez was lying in bed with her 3-year-old son Friday evening when the unexpected happened: a tree fell through the roof of their Lake Ridge home.
Interstate 95 Tuesday – Thursday, 5 p.m. – 4:30 a.m.; motorists will be restricted to one lane on I-95 north and south at the bridge over the Rappahannock River located just south of Exit 133 (Rt. 17/Falmouth) for bridge joint repairs. Lane closures will begin on the northbound span and move to the southbound span. Expect delays.
U.S. 1 South Tuesday, 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.; motorists will be restricted to one lane on Route 1 south from the Potomac Creek Bridge to south of Route 628. Crews will be milling, paving and striping in this area.
