Two shootings and a suspicious package at a 7-Eleven made for a busy weekend in Stafford County for the Sheriff’s Department.
At 10:15 am on Sunday, deputies were called to shots fired call at 1130 International Parkway, near 6 Bears and a Goat Brewery. Once they arrived, they found a man in his 40s with a gunshot wound, sheriff’s spokesman Shawn Kimmitz told viewers in a video posted to the department’s Facebook page.
We recently received a reader question about the differing heights of a new bridge being built, and two existing bridges that carry traffic on Interstate 95 over the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg.
We contacted the Virginia Department of Transportation for an answer.
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, Otis C. Oliver, Sr. passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family. Otis known to some as “Nubby” was born in Chase City, Virginia on July 1, 1949 and was the first son of the late Lathan and Louise (Scott) Oliver. He leaves to cherish his memory his children Bridgette (Gordon) Graham, Robin (Westley) Ford, and Otis C. “T-man” Oliver, Jr.; his much loved granddaughters Atiya Bellamy, Christina Bellamy, Monique…
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Robert Louis Stanley, Jr. was born on January 3, 1966 and passed away on January 16, 2021. Robert was a resident of Manassas, Virginia.
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We have made the difficult decision to temporarily return to curbside pickup service for filling customer holds beginning on Tuesday, January 19. For updated curbside pickup hours, please visit librarypoint.org/curbside.
In its latest edition of the city newsletter, Manassas Park says its hiring lifeguards for its indoor swimming pool at the city’s community center.
See the newsletter in the Tweet below.
Democratic leaders in the Virginia House of Delegates have stripped three Republicans of some committee assignments after they signed a letter casting doubt on the results of the presidential election and urging Vice President Mike Pence to block the lopsided Democratic victory in Virginia.
A Fredericksburg-area Republican picked for one of the citizen seats on Virginia’s new redistricting commission previously made vulgar or degrading online comments about President Donald Trump’s detractors, calling Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn a “bimbo” and actress Jane Fonda a “b*tch c**t.”
Work to build a new bridge across the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg continues.
This week, the Virginia Department of Transportation shared a new photo of beams being hoisted into place. The beams, about 100 feet above the river, will hold the bridge deck in place.
