News

Route 628 (Winding Creek Road) in Stafford County will be closed between Route 733 (Embrey Mill Road) and Route 1947 (Walpole Street) beginning Monday, March 15.

The road will remain closed for an estimated six months. Road construction will be performed under permit as part of a private development project.


Breaking News

Stafford County is calling its teachers back to the classroom.

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Obituaries

Eugene was born in Exeter, California to Elmer Norris Jobe and Gertrude Eugenia Jobe on August 12, 1931. He married Angelina Marcello Jobe on November 10, 1951 in Barrington, RI. He was a decorated Veteran of the U.S. Navy serving 28 years. He began his career as a Seabee in MCB1 then as a Civil Engineer Corps Officer. His tours of duty included: Korea, Japan, wintering over in the Antarctic as a part of Operation Deep Freeze 2, Da Nang, Vietnam and Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico before retiring from the Navy in Middletown, Rhode Island where he and Angie spent 30 years. Post Navy retirement he managed construction of Bend Boat Basin in Portsmouth, RI and held various civil engineering contractor positions with the Navy Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. He loved radio controlled airplanes, cars, boats, and his family. He and Angie moved to Virginia to be close to their children and grandchildren in 2001.

Eugene is preceded in death by his wife Angelina and his brother Wendell Jobe.


Event

High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!

Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.


Traffic

Manassas Park is taking new steps to enforce the city’s parking laws.

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Prince William

One person suffered gunshot tonight while riding in a car with her father.

It happened on River Ridge Boulevard near Dumfries about 7 p.m., when a man flagged down a Prince William police officer and told him his daughter had been shot in the head, according to sources.


Politics

From repealing voter ID laws, passing California-like vehicle emission standards, to closing public schools to in-person learning, Democrats that have controlled Virginia’s government for the past two years have been busy.

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News

A Stafford County man faces involuntary manslaughter charges stemming from a fatal crash that occurred last month on Mountain View Road.

Emergency crews were called to the scene of the crash at 5:59 p.m. February 8, where they found a car that collided with a tree and a fence. A passenger was pulled from the wreckage and later died. He was identified as 26-year-old Sean O’Driscoll, of Stafford.