Virginia Scope: “Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Prince William, Stafford) filed a bill that would allow ‘Dreamers’ to become either a chief of police, police officer of a locality, deputy sheriff, jail officer or law-enforcement officer in Virginia.”

“McPike says the request for this bill came from the Prince William County Police Department. “They have a great candidate who grew up here, and this is the only country she knows and loves. She has always dreamed of being a police officer,” he said in an interview.”


Historic Manassas, Inc.: “The application to Manassas’s 2024 Banner Art Contest is open. Closing on January 19, 2024, the winning banners will be displayed on the light poles located around Old Town Manassas.”

“The banners will stay up spring through fall of 2024. With first place receiving a $300 prize, second $200, and third with $100. View previous winners online.”


Interstate 95 Northbound: Exit 133 (Falmouth/Warrenton): Tuesday – Wednesday, 9 p.m. – 4:30 a.m. Single lane closure between mile markers 132-134 for work zone barrier repair. I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing construction.

Stafford County: Route 17: Sunday – Thursday, 9 p.m. – 7 a.m. Alternating single northbound and southbound lane closures on Route 17 at the bridge over Deep Run. Bridge maintenance.


Deputies were called to White Oak Road, near the Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation Residency, just after midnight Saturday, December 30, 2023, to find a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

Emergency crews took the unidentified 33-year-old victim of King George to a hospital, where he died. Police have still not released his name.


I spent the first week of the New Year laying to rest my grandmother, who lived to be 87 years old. Joyce McNeal, of Bluefield, W.Va., passed just before Christmas, leaving behind a small family, including two grandsons who fondly remember summers in the West Virginia mountains and small-town hospitality.

I got to experience some of that small-town hospitality when I visited Bluefield this week when I stayed at the Baker’s Hill Inn, a 110-year-old home turned into a bed and breakfast by Lisa Sydnor. It was my first stay at a bed and breakfast.


“Scams like these play on the victim’s emotions and demand they be quick or face legal action. As a reminder, no law enforcement agency, including the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office, will demand money over the phone. We also do not accept Bitcoin as any kind of payment in any matters. If you are ever unsure about the sincerity of a call from someone posing as a deputy, hang up and call us directly. We will be able to properly inform you if you are wanted.”


Stafford County Sheriff’s Department:“On January 2 at approximately 7:58 a.m. Communications Officers received a call from someone advising they had just been stabbed. Due to the nature of the call, deputies quickly responded to the Shelton Knolls Subdivision. When deputies arrived, they observed two males holding another down. Deputies took over the scene by detaining the suspect, providing first aid to the victim, and uncovering what occurred.”

“It was discovered the suspect, Randull Washington Jr., was upset due to a family matter and began making threats. An argument escalated into a fight between Washington Jr. and another family member. The victim attempted to intervene in the altercation when Washington Jr. stabbed him in the back of the neck. Both the family member and victim were able to disarm Washington Jr. and hold him down until deputies arrived.”


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