Two boaters were plucked from the Neabsco Creek early Saturday morning, Aug. 22, 2020.
Rescue boats were dispatched at 12:29 a.m. for a disabled boat near a railroad bridge that carries Virginia Railway Express, Amtrak, and freight trains over the Neabcsco Creek, near Leesylvania State Park in Woodbridge.
Traffic is moving again on Interstate 95 in North Stafford following a crash that involved an overturned tractor-trailer.
Stafford fire and rescue says:
Vehicle theft is a problem in Manassas.
The city’s police department has applied for an over $12,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to purchase an additional license plate reading system, which would aid the police department in finding stolen cars.
Three staff members at the Rappahannock Regional Jail were taken to a hospital after a HAZMAT incident.
More from Stafford fire and rescue:
Nonprofit organizations in Stafford County have been awarded $432,078 in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to alleviate the hardship they have been facing during the global pandemic.
Here a look at this week’s construction hot spots in the Fredericksburg and Stafford County region according to the Virginia Department of Transportation:
(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
On August 24, 2020, God called his last Angel of the Johnson family to eternal rest. Joyce was the tenth child, born October 25, 1939, to Lloyd M. and Annie M. Johnson, whom preceded her in death. She received her education in…
(Feed generated with FetchRSS)
Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va, 1 Prince William, Stafford,) faced off against Democrat challenger Qasim Rashid in their first debate Thursday night in Fredericksburg.
The two met after months of both campaigns wrangling on a date to hold the event.
The rules for newly-built cemeteries in Stafford County changed this week, just as the county finds itself embroiled in a federal lawsuit claiming it denied Muslims a chance to build their own.
A new ordinance passed by Supervisors on Tuesday night now requires cemeteries to be built 656 feet from wells, or other sources of groundwater used to supply water to nearby homes. Under the old county rules, cemeteries had to be set back 900 feet from water sources.
