STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – You can’t see through the tinted windows of the police car that sits on the median of Va. 610 in North Stafford, but authorities say they can see you.

It’s known as the “decoy car.” A Ford Crown Victoria baring the markings of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office sits on the heavily traveled six-lane thoroughfare, near Staffordborough Boulevard, to remind drivers to take it easy behind the wheel.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – The first man distracted the clerk while the second broke into the manager’s office.

That’s how investigators think a July 7 breaking and entering went down at an Exxon gas station on Courthouse Road.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – When school officials last year set out to collect school supplies for children in Stafford County, residents and businesses donated $30,000 in supplies to the cause.

Those supplies, like pencils, notebook paper and marble composition books, went to help more than 350 families.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A series of fires kept rescue crews in Stafford County busy on Monday.

Just before 2 p.m., flames broke out in the area of Greenspring Drive and Ridgecrest Court in North Stafford, in a townhouse community behind Walmart.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A Stafford County mother says her autistic son needs help, not jail time.

Reginald “Neli” Latson, 18, was charged on May 24 with assaulting a police officer outside North Stafford High School.


WOODBRIDGE, Va. – It seemed like a long time coming but a French company is now in charge of operating of Virginia’s commuter railroad.

Keolis Rail Services of America began operating Virginia Railway Express trains on the system’s Fredericksburg and Manassas lines today as part of a five year, $85 million contract. After months of wrangling between VRE, Federal Rail Administration officials and Amtrak managers – who did not want their employees persuaded to work for the French firm – Keolis hired more than 80 new conductors, assistant conductors and engineers in May to facilitate train operations.


STAFFORD COUNTY, Va.  – It was a marriage that brought the Kangs and Ackermans together. It was a sad and unexpected accident on Thursday that brought them even closer.

Miwha Kang, 61, died early Friday morning at Mary Washington Hospital after she fell into a swimming pool at her home on Cardinal Drive in south Stafford.


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