Legislation to abolish the death penalty in Virginia cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday, passing out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on 10-4 vote, with nine Democrats and one Republican supporting the measure.
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As each new armed group arrived in downtown Richmond Monday, they were greeted by a swarm of cameras and interviewers asking why they had come out to stand near the Capitol with their guns.
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During a closed-to-the-public ceremony sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, today’s Stafford County Regional Airport broke ground on a project to extend its existing runway.
A small group was invited to join the Stafford Airport Regional Airport Authority in the biting January wind to celebrate the beginning of construction on their new runway extension, which has been in the works since 2007.
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In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, Stafford offices, departments, facilities, and courts will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2021. The Rappahannock Area Health District will be closed as well.
The following offices and facilities will remain open:
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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.
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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.
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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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