Kindergarten registration opens March 1 for Stafford County Public Schools for the 2023-2024 school year! Parents and guardians of children who are five years old by September 30, 2023 are encouraged to complete the online registration process.

The following documents are required for enrollment:


On February 17, 2023, the Stafford County Health Department confirmed that an orange and white colored, short hair cat collected on February 15, 2023, from the 100 block of Ottinger Lane, off Widewater Road in Stafford County, was positive for rabies.

It’s the second case of detected rabies in a cat in the same area this month.


Authorities in Stafford County arrested sisters after a pursuit and crash on Route 17.

On Friday, February 17, at 3:22 p.m. Deputy M.E. Gordon stopped a gold Nissan Maxima at 626 Warrenton Road for failing to yield to oncoming traffic. The driver provided a fictitious name and claimed she was nervous since she had never been pulled over, police said.


Dumfries will hold its annual Black History Month Celebration at Little Union Baptist Church, at 17150 Batestown Road in Dumfries.

The keynote speaker will be Rev. Cozy Bailey, the head of the Prince William County NAACP Chapter and husband to the elected Prince William County Supervisor Andrea Bailey.


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