Virginia authorities will once again take part in a prescription drug-take back day on Saturday, April 30.
Last September, officials in the state collected more than 5,000 pounds of prescription drugs from residents looking to clean out their medicine chests of old pills, as well as prevent those pills from getting into the hands of youths and others who might abuse them.
Some school systems in our area snubbed their noses at the governor’s plan to fund teacher bonuses, a landlord sliced the arm of a renter, hikers are loving Prince William’s higher tax rate, and a congressman speaks out about mismanagement at Arlington Cemetery.
Just days after Gov. Robert F. McDonnell passed historic legislation to address transportation improvements, localities are getting a better look at what improvements could be expected over the next six years.
The draft-six year plan was released so residents can review all of the projects, many of which will paid for by a portion of the $4 billion McDonnell passed in his budget.
It’s was the annual rite of spring passage on Sunday: The annual “Eggsplosion” spring festival held at Curtis Memorial Park in Stafford County.
Stafford, Va. –– Stafford County on Tuesday unanimously passed a $241.2 million operating budget for 2012 that includes a reduction in the tax rate, more funding for schools, as well as a reduction of the number of county government employees.
Stafford County, Va. –– Virginia Railway Express wants to expand two parking lots at stations in Stafford County.
One is dead this morning in a crash in Haymarket, some Stafford elementary schools will be renovated, and once a thing of the past –– the streetcar appears to be making a big comeback.
Dumfries, Va. –– Jim Riley says he has no interest in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Three men were arrested in Stafford after investigators learned they had showed up to a house party with 200 teenagers in attendance, assaulted two teens and then fired a handgun into the air at least four times, investigators said.
The men arrested have been identified through the Stafford sheriff’s office and the FBI’s Rappahannock Regional Gang Taskforce as members of the “Goon Squad,” a gang out of Spotsylvania County,” said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
Stafford, Va. –– Students at Stafford High School have the day off because of a power outage.
