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Gina Ciarcia has been an educator most of her life, whether it was as a tutor, homeschooling her five children, or teaching history at a private Christian school she has dedicated a good portion of her life to education and sees it as an important role in shaping the people of a nation. 

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Stafford County Public Schools will hold two groundbreaking ceremonies for the installation of new artificial turf fields at both North Stafford and Colonial Forge High Schools on Tuesday, June 14.

Members of the Stafford County School Board, Stafford County Board of Supervisors, and School Administrators may be in attendance.


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Our area could be in for intense storms overnight as an organized area of thunderstorms moves our way from the Great Lakes.

According to the National Weather Service, an isolated severe thunderstorm with damaging winds and large hail is possible this afternoon and evening, mainly from the Fredericksburg area to southern Maryland. Then, a line of thunderstorms with locally damaging winds may approach the area late tonight.


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A staff librarian at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School in Prince William County read a book about gay marriage during the school’s morning announcements on Friday, June 10.

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A wanted man crashed a church service Saturday night in Stafford County.

On Saturday, June 11at 7:39 p.m. Deputy D.S. Jett went to a shopping center at 367 Warrenton Road after the 911 center had received a tip that a wanted man from Spotsylvania County was at a beauty shop. The caller told police the man would run and hide.


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The Lynchburg Hillcats scored two runs in the top of the 9th inning to rally and beat the FredNats 6-4 in the series finale at Virginia Credit Union Stadium. Jacob Young had two hits and two RBIs, T.J. White had an RBI triple, and the FredNats still take five out of seven games in the series from the Hillcats.

Lynchburg scored the first two runs of the game in the 5th off FredNat starter Bryan Caceres after a home run and two doubles. Overall, Caceres had a good day, pitching five innings and allowing five hits, two earned runs and he struck out three.


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A new Commanders football stadium in Virginia seemed like a sure thing last month. Today, a public-private deal to build a stadium and practice facility in the commonwealth is all but dead.

As you know, the Horner Road Commuter Lot in Woodbridge is one of the sites considered for a stadium and practice facility. Some local leaders salivated over the prospect of $24 billion in economic impact for the county, while others fear the crime and traffic a new stadium complex would bring.


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The Virginia Legislature won’t be committing public funds to a new Washington Commanders Stadium in Woodbridge this year.

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