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Stafford County will resume its annual 4th of July fireworks show at Pratt Memorial Park, after taking a year off last year due to the pandemic.

The event draws crowds from around the region to the park, located just outside of Fredericksburg. This year on, starting at 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 4, the county will close a portion of River Road — a key, two-lane pathway drivers use to access the park.


Prince William

The UVA Health System is now the sole owner of hospitals in Haymarket, Manassas, and Culpeper.

We told you back in February that the university health system would buy out North Carolina-based Novant’s stake in the hospitals.  The two companies formed a relationship in 2016 and operated all three hospitals independently of their parent companies in Charlottesville and North Carolina, respectively.


Obituaries

Luvivian Harper Dingle, age 90, of Dale City, VA, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Sentara Hospital surrounded by family.

Luvivian Harper Dingle was born in Orangeburg, SC to Laurie Harper, Sr and Alethia White Harper on July 29, 1930.  She went to and graduated from Scott Branch High School in Summerton, SC.  She married Hugh Dingle, Jr, on December 30, 1947, in Summerton, SC. Right after the oldest son, Ronald, was born, they moved to Detroit, MI.   She worked as a Nurse’s Aide for Community Nursing Home for more than 20 years, and later on, at a local record store because of her love of music, and she loved to dance.  Additionally, she served as a Nurse’s Aide at Rising Sun Baptist Church in Detroit, MI, for many years before leaving to live with her daughter Valerie in Lampertheim, Germany, in November 1990, while Valerie was serving in the United States Army. After leaving Germany in October 1991, the Dingle-Dyer Family migrated to Dale City, VA, and has been there ever since.