A woman is charged with assault and battery of a 7-month-old child that was in her care.

On September 14, Deputy R.T. Philippsen responded to an apartment in Stafford County for a report of child abuse. The parents of a 7-month-old infant had returned home and discovered a red mark on the side of the infant’s face. The parents reviewed video taken of their child’s nanny, who works inside of their home.


A Stafford County man is facing DUI charges after a traffic stop on Garrisonville Road.

At 1 a.m. today, a Stafford sheriff’s deputy stopped a car after it failed to move over. The deputy just returned to his marked sheriffs after conducting a traffic stop near Garrisonville and Shelton Shop roads in North Stafford. He was stopped on the side of the road with his emergency lights on.


Prince William County officials are still weighing their options when it comes to spending federal funds to put a homeless shelter in Dumfries.

County Supervisor Andrea Bailey, who represents the Potomac District which encompasses the town, asked the town’s Planning Commission to remove from its Sept. 14 agenda a request to amend the town’s zoning ordinance to allow homeless shelters in the town’s B1 zoning district. Bailey didn’t say why she made the request, and today she declined to comment for this story.


Fredericksburg leaders are looking at reducing the amount of taxes some businesses pay in hopes to bring more creativity to the city.

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Manassas City plans to help promote its downtown businesses with a new advertising campaign, complete with photos, aimed at Christmas shoppers.

The only problem? “We have virtually no shots of people in masks,” states an email sent to business owners from the city’s economic development department.


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