North Stafford, Va. –– With few details in the shooting death of Samih Mustafa Sowan, many who knew him say they don’t how anyone could have wanted him dead.
Sowan, 49, was killed March 1 inside a home where he rented a room in North Stafford’s Austin Ridge neighborhood. According to the county’s sheriff’s department, someone that night broke into the home of Fife Street and shot Sowan to death.
Stafford, Va. –– Jason Pelt announced his bid to be Stafford County’s next Commonwealth Attorney on Tuesday.
Officials say Lorton is unlikely to become Fairfax County’s next magisterial district, some in Virginia have blasted rules for redistricting in the state, and the high-tech search for Bigfoot has come to Prince William Forest Park.
Five dogs died in the blaze Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, the two homeowners were not home when the fire broke out.
Officials say there was a lot of contents inside the home, and that those contents added fuel to the fire. Remnants of the fire smoldered for hours forcing crews to remain on the scene after sunset.
North Stafford, Va. –– Thomas’ Pizza closed their doors in North Stafford last month, leaving some customers wondering where the restaurant next to the Goodwill store went.
Dale City, Va. –– The Virginia Department of Transportation is about to enter the advertising business.
A couple in Bristow has been charged after police say they used drywall to keep children trapped inside a room in their home, a judge rules a Fredericksburg university is not responsible for the rape of a student, and recycling may be a thing of the past at another area school.
Stafford County, Va. –– Road work on the Potomac Creek Bridge on Brooke Road has been postponed until Monday April 4.
Statistics from the Virginia Employment Commission show Stafford County grew 55 percent between the first quarter 2000 and third quarter 2010, increasing the number of jobs in the county from 23,262 to 36,121 during those 10 years.
During that same time period, Fredericksburg grew by only 9 percent, Spotsylvania County by 31 percent and King George County by 9 percent.
Christopher Rodriguez, a 28-year-old former Navy sailor, will stand trial July 6 on after Stafford County investigators say be used an internet chat room about vampires to meet the girl, then traveled last fall from his home in Florida to meet her so the two could have sex.
