By Madison Hirneisen
(The Center Square) – A bill backed by Virginia Republican lawmakers to create “Education Success Accounts” to help parents pay for education expenses – including private school tuition – sparked debate among lawmakers Tuesday before clearing its first hurdle in a House of Delegates subcommittee.
Early Wednesday, Jan. 18, and Thursday, Jan. 19, the off-ramp will close to traffic between midnight and 3 a.m.
A new Chick-fil-A restaurant in North Stafford will be one of the chain’s most extensive and updated models.
The restaurant will feature a dining room, a kitchen in the center, and a larger meal preparation area. Outside, drivers can use two of three lanes to pick up food from a window.
Crews found smoke inside the building. Employees had already evacuated the store when fire crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
Upon further investigation, two smoldering fires were found, one in the men’s bathroom and one in the women’s bathroom.
A bill filed by lawmakers representing Prince William and Stafford counties aims to restrict parents access to medical records.
Delegate Candi Mundon King’s HB2109 will allow judges to deny parents access to medical records if the judge deems the action “would be reasonably likely to cause substantial harm to the minor or another person or deter the minor from seeking care.”
Updated 12:45 p.m. January 18, 2023 — The number of Prince William County high schools that failed to notify students they were the recipients of National Merit recognition in time for the college application process grew to four.
According to county schools spokeswoman Diana Gulotta, Battlefield, Colgan, Forest Park, and Patriots high schools failed to tell a combined 28 students they received letters of commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program.
To celebrate, the city has planned a yearlong string of events and festivities, including a 150th birthday party, a historic walking tour, burying a time capsule, and workshops and speaker events.
Most notably, the birthday celebration will include a firework show on April 1, 2023, at Dean Park. The Boys and Girls Club at Dean Park will be reserved to support the event, and city staff will help with the festivities.
All Stafford County sheriff’s deputies will wear body cameras by the summer.
Sheriff David Decatur took questions about his department’s new body cameras, which will record interactions between law enforcement and residents. The system, developed by Axon and approved by the Stafford Board of County Supervisors just over a year ago, merges other cameras already used in the deputys’ cars and on taser weapons.
