STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – Officials last night approved $1 million for the purchase of about five acres of land, near Va. 610 and Shelton Shop Road, where a permanent firehouse will be built.
A temporary fire house already sits on the site which backs to North Stafford High School.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A major thoroughfare has been reopened in Ferry Farm after a series of rail cars derailed Tuesday.
Clean-up crews have finished removing coal that spilled onto Va. 3, near Walmart, as a result of the crash. There was only one coal car left to right at 6:30 a.m., according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. – A suspect in North Stafford shooting has been arrested.
Julio Montelus-DeMarcus Mayes, 18, faces a list of charges connected to a series of robberies that occurred in North Stafford during February and March. He is also believed to have been involved in a March 4 shooting on Stafford Mews Court, off Onville Road, said Stafford Sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The heat continues to have an effect on outdoor activities this afternoon.
Stafford County officials have cancelled all youth softball games and practices that were scheduled for this afternoon.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — After an Independence Day weekend with relatively low humidity, Mother Nature will drive the mercury back up across the region this week.
The National Weather Service has placed most of the Washington area, including Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford counties, under an excessive heat advisory until late Wednesday. Temperatures are expected to shoot above the 100-degree mark this week, up to 103 in some places, according to the weather service.
A portion of Mine Road in Stafford County will close to traffic today.
Electronic messaging signs now mark the spots where drivers will no longer be able to access the road, between Exeter Lane and Austin Ridge Drive, according to a press release from Stafford County officials.
The ACTS Food Pantry no longer has to store perishable food outdoors.
The Dumfries charity was awarded a $10,000 grant from BJ’s Wholesale Club for the purchase of a new walk-in refrigerator and freezer last month.
If you’re thinking of going to the landfill in Stafford County on Monday, think again. It will be closed, as will the county’s administrative offices, departments and facilities, according to a press release from Stafford officials.
Stafford County courts will also be closed Monday.
Amanda Howland and Elliott Winstel visited a roadside fireworks stand in Stafford County late last month. They asked the stand attendant, who set up shop at the corner of Va. 610 and Shelton Shop Road in North Stafford, if they had mortars.
Mortars, often used by professional pyrotechnic companies hired to produce large fireworks displays, are illegal in Virginia.
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