Five kayakers were assisted to shore by fire and rescue crews.
Those kayakers abandoned their boats near the in the Rappahannock River, near the Interstate 95 bridge near Fredericksburg, about 3;56 p.m. Saturday. Stafford County Fire and Rescue crews were called to the scene to help them, but no one was injured, states fire chief Joseph Cardello.
There’s an election coming up in Fredericksburg on May 19, where city residents will have a chance to elect new members of the city council and school board.
City spokeswoman Sonja Cantu tells Potomac Local News:
Join me during this National Craft Open Studios weekend, a celebration of Amrican craft organized by the American Craft Council (ACC). Come visit my studio July 18-19th, 11am-5pm at 10449 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD. Please drop in, see how my work is created, tour my studio and try your hand at hammering some metal.
The Stafford School Board has decided to approve and roll out three new construction projects at their latest meeting on April 28.
Repairing the outer walls at North Stafford High School
An Uber driver was robbed and forced to drive a man to an ATM while being held at gunpoint.
The robbery occurred on April 28, at 2:51 a.m., at an intersection between Dale Boulevard and Benita Fitzgerald Drive in Dale City, according to a Prince William County Police Department stated in a press release.
Moses Leroy Nafzinger, 90, passed away on April 27, 2020, at Thornapple Manor in Hastings, Michigan. He was born on November 6, 1929, on the family farm in Long Green, Maryland to Lois Krabill Nafzinger and Lewis M. Nafzinger.
He graduated from Towson High School, in Towson, Maryland, Juniata College, in Huntingdon Pennsylvania, and received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in Baltimore.
A recent round of heavy rain on Thursday could lead to flooding on area rivers. And that has state officials concerns for the safety of boaters, as rushing rivers could lead to fatal boating accidents.
In Richmond, The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) says recreational boaters should use extreme caution this upcoming weekend as the National Weather Service has issued Flood Warnings in several locations throughout Virginia and water temperatures remain dangerously cold.
There are two new doctors at Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg.
Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) announced a new practice to the Mary Washington Medical Group. Mary Washington Obstetrics and Gynecology, formerly known as Fredericksburg Women’s Health Associates, is dedicated to the health and well-being of women through all stages of life.
Update 1:43 p.m. | Two lanes are now open on I-95 southbound. The left lane remains closed south of Exit 133.
Original post 1:03 p.m. | A tractor-trailer has crashed in a work zone on Interstate 95 at the Rappahannock River.
