Two Woodbridge residents were recently honored by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for their contributions to Marines.
Lauren Armstrong and Lt. Col. Seth Folsom were presented with awards on April 16 at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s Annual Awards Ceremony.
Triangle, Va. –– Police say one man was driving the wrong way on Interstate 95 Saturday night when he slammed into 1996 Volvo head on, injuring three occupants.
At 8:31 p.m., a 39-year-old man from Fredericksburg said he had just pulled into a parking lot in the 2900 block of Dale Boulevard, at the Ashdale shopping plaza, when a man walked up to him and asked for money.
Crash investigators say Thiebolt was traveling north on U.S. 1 when he veered off the road into the right shoulder, hit a guardrail, overcorrected and drove into the southbound lanes of the four-lane highway.
On April 30, the Pink Lipstick Women Empowered group held their first meeting at the hotel.
It brought together women in the area who own small businesses in the Prince William area in an effort to bring together all women, from mothers, career professionals and business owners, according organizer Yahaira Stewart.
Richmond, Va. –– Now that the governor has approved the General Assembly’s redistricting plans, the State Board of Elections must find millions of dollars to implement the new maps.
“They split over 500 precincts, and we have to equip them,” said Charles Judd, chairman of the State Board of Elections. He estimates that it would cost about $20,000 to equip each of the 500-plus new precincts. That would put the total price tag at more than $10 million.
Volunteers work at the visitor’s desk at the administration center at Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. 1) and Courthouse Road (Va. 630), from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
Volunteers answer questions from visitors face to face or on the telephone, monitor visitors to the government center and keep staff aware of any questions or concerns.
Stafford sheriff’s deputies spotted two people on a small island just west of the Falmouth Bridge.
The two became stranded on the island after their kayak overturned and one of them suffered a head injury, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle.
Drivers on I-95 are reporting backups from mile post 138, and drivers on U.S. 1 say traffic is backed up from the Rappahannock Regional Jail.
