It is with great sadness that the family of Fred Ernest Young Jr. Announces his unexpected passing, on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at the age of 44 years.
Fred was born on Aug. 7, 1975, in Newport News, Va. and loved calling Virginia home until his untimely passing. He was a United States Air Force veteran and also a Satellite Communications operator for NASA. He was an avid sports fan and also loved his music as well. Let him tell it he…
STAFFORD — An elderly woman died early Monday morning after a tree crashed through her residence during a storm that swept through Stafford County.
On April 15, 2019, at approximately 1:43 a.m., deputies responded to an assist rescue at a residence located on Doyle Place. During the storm, a tree fell on the residence, injuring an 82- year-old man and killing a 78-year-old female subject who was asleep inside, states Stafford sheriff’s office spokeswoman Amanda Vicinanzo.
Update 1 p.m.
Stafford County officials tell us that residents are entering the clean-up phase of the recovery from the sudden storm. Below is information designed to assist in storm recovery:
STAFFORD — This video clearly shows where a new portion of Courthouse Road will connect with an entrance to Stafford Hospital.
The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office posted new drone video taken high above the Courthouse Road realignment project. The road is being moved slightly to the south to connect with Hospital Center Boulevard, at Stafford Hospital.
This forecast is produced by the National Weather Service.
MANASSAS — The city of Manassas will soon be getting a much-needed upgrade to its traffic signals which are using software that is over a decade old.
“We actually just had our kickoff meeting this morning with the contractor to get started.” Deputy City Manager Bryan Foster said on Thursday.
Malachi, our 12-year-old student reporter, met with Dumfries Mayor Derrick Wood at town hall.
He got a lesson in small-town politics and heard from a long-time public servant whose been working to make Virginia’s oldest, continuously-chartered town more than a dot on a map.
Our region is on alert this afternoon, evening, and overnight for severe weather.
The severe weather could come in two rounds, according to the National Weather Service. The first would come during the afternoon, with a few of the storms being severe with locally damaging winds, and, possibly with an isolated tornado.
