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A tractor-trailer has crashed in a work zone on Interstate 95 at the Rappahannock River.

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Five high school sophomores has started a 3-D printing business to help fight the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

The students, from Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School near Woodbridge, kicked their small 3D-printing business into high-gear, and a Woodbridge Senior High School teacher is working in his home basement to help in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus virus. The sophomore students are making 3D-printed masks for local first responders.


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A Fredericksburg area man was killed in a crash with a  tractor-trailer on Interstate 95.

Virginia State Police Trooper K. Zalasar is investigating a two-vehicle crash in Spotsylvania County. The crash occurred Thursday (April 30, 2020) at 9 a.m. on Interstate 95 at the 117 mile-marker, near Thornburg.


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What if the secret to a longer, sharper life isn’t found in a pill, but in the people around you?

Join us for a conversation on the science & power of human connection, featuring Ken Stern, author of the just-released “Healthy to 100: How Strong Social Ties Lead to Long Lives,” and Dr. Sara Doyle, MD, a Sunday Health cognitive neurologist specializing in dementia prevention and care.


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Ann Little is running for Mayor of the City of Fredericksburg.

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A former employee of a Safeway Food and Drug store went back to his former workplace and exposed himself, according to police.

Police were called on Tuesday, April 28, at 12:45 p.m., to a Safeway Food and Drug store at 4240 Merchant Plaza in Lake Ridge. A man, who was identified as a former worker at the stated Safeway store, walked up to the counter where a female employee was working, made obscene gestures, and exposed himself, according to police.


Prince William

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously approved a request to add approximately 84 acres of land into an agricultural and forestal district during their board meeting on April 28.

Located near the Nokesville School, the first parcel, located at 13063 Hickerson Lane, is 80 acres. It will be used for fields, forestry, crops, and livestock. The second four-acre parcel is located at 13209 Farmview Road, known as the Madera Farm. It will be used as a “wooded lot to be forested,” according to county documents.


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Starting today, Gov. Ralph Northam is relaxing what were his strict orders that prevented Virginians to have nonessential surgery during the spread of the coronavirus.

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Obituaries

Susan Frances Egleston, 70 of Fredericksburg, VA died at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center on April 27, 2020.

She was born in California on April 14, 1950 to the late Francis and Katherine Egleston. Susan was an active member of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Fredericksburg, VA where she was involved in the Council of Catholic Women (CCW) for many years.