Traffic

Route 1 near Quantico faces overnight delays next week for bridge work

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Route 1 traffic near Quantico will be reduced to two lanes overnight next week while crews install new bridge beams, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.

Starting Wednesday, Nov. 4 through early Friday, Nov. 6, Route 1 will be reduced to two travel lanes near Russell Road between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. each evening so crews can install the beams, weather permitting. The work is part of the replacement of the 93-year-old bridge over Chopawamsic Creek at the Stafford County and Prince William County line.

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Stafford

Stafford waits on December tax payments while disabled-veterans relief costs rise $400,000 a month

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Early FY27 numbers show the county is still waiting on the large property-tax payments that will reflect the higher rate supervisors set in April, while the same unfunded disabled-veterans mandate that drove that increase continues to grow by about $400,000 a month.

Stafford County Budget Director Jeff Stamp presented first-quarter FY2027 results to the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20. The general fund adjusted budget for total revenues and other financing sources is $509.8 million. First-quarter collections were $21.1 million, or 4.1 percent of the adjusted budget.

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Prince William

Gainesville man pleads guilty in North Korean remote-employment scheme

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Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, home to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.(Flckr photo: Tim Evanson)

A Gainesville man who held a top secret security clearance pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that helped North Korean IT workers get remote jobs at U.S. companies, InsideNoVa reported.

John Allen Kurrle Jr., 62, worked for a U.S. government defense contractor from June to August 2025, according to federal court documents.

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Event

World of Travel Show 2027

Event location

BlackRock Center for the Arts

12901 Town Commons Dr

Germantown, Maryland 20874

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Join Cruise Planners Beth Borrego and Rod Rodriguez for the World of Travel Show 2027 on Saturday, February 6, 2027, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in The BlackBox at BlackRock Center for the Arts in Germantown.

Meet representatives from 13 respected travel brands covering family and adults-only cruises, premium and luxury ocean voyages, European river cruises, expedition and Galápagos adventures, small-ship sailing, guided land tours, and customized vacations.

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Stafford

Ferry Farm Elementary students march for D.A.R.E.

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Ferry Farm Elementary students march in D.A.R.E. parade
Ferry Farm Elementary School students march in the school's annual D.A.R.E. parade with the Stafford County Sheriff's Office on Oct. 29, 2026. Photo: Stafford County Public Schools.

Students, teachers, parents and deputies walked through the Ferry Farm neighborhood in Stafford County for Ferry Farm Elementary’s annual D.A.R.E. parade, Fredericksburg Free Press reported.

The school has held the parade for more than 30 years in support of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.

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Virginia

Virginia parole board votes again to release life-sentenced inmates

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The Virginia Parole Board on Thursday voted to release two women serving life sentences for first-degree murder, 7News reported.

Bessie Hope, 64, was released after serving 30 years of a life-plus-20-year sentence for first-degree murder, malicious wounding and robbery. Jaunita Lowery, 63, was released after serving about 23 years of a life sentence for first-degree murder.

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Prince William

Admissibility of Mamta Kafle Bhatt’s accusations of domestic abuse debated

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The Prince William County Judicial Center in Manassas. (File photo) Photo: BrandyPowers via Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Attorneys in Naresh Bhatt’s murder trial argued Thursday over whether statements Mamta Kafle Bhatt allegedly made to her brother about abuse by her husband can be heard by jurors, WUSA 9 reported.

Judge Kimberly Irving ruled some of the 12 statements are admissible and some are not. Mahesh Kafle’s testimony that his sister told him she felt unsafe will be allowed, as will her statements about what she feared her husband would do if he found out she was taking pictures. Other specific statements about what Naresh Bhatt allegedly did to her will not be allowed.

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News

Northern Virginia man accused of stealing $1.4M in international ghost student loan scheme

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Albert V. Bryan United States Courthouse in Alexandria, home to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.(Flckr photo: Tim Evanson)

A Northern Virginia man has been charged in an international scheme that used stolen American identities to enroll “ghost students” and siphon more than $1.4 million in federal student aid, FOX 5 DC reported.

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment charging a Kenyan national with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and student aid fraud. The defendant has not been named because the indictment was returned under seal.

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Police Blotter

Police Blotter: Man Exposes Himself Outside Woodbridge Woman’s Window

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Prince William County police are investigating an indecent exposure at a Woodbridge apartment complex, where a woman woke to knocking on her window. The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office released its daily incident report listing two fraud cases and the arrest of a man wanted out of South Carolina.

On October 28 at 1:57AM, officers responded to Misty Ridge Apartments, located in the 15000 block of Sunny Ridge Ct in Woodbridge (22191), to investigate an indecent exposure. The investigation revealed the victim, a 23-year-old woman, was asleep inside her residence when she woke up to the sound of knocking on her window. The victim looked out the window and observed an unknown man exposing himself and making obscene gestures before leaving the area on foot. The suspect was described as a black male wearing dark colored clothing.

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