NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Sheriff Charles E. Jett today is expected to address two pipe bombings that occurred in Stafford County early Tuesday morning.

A press conference that has been called for 3 p.m. where his department is expected to announce the name or names of those suspected in the bombings and the charges they face.


Happy Halloween. It’s not canceled.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy many had wondered if trick-or-treaters would still be welcome in neighborhoods – some of which on Tuesday were without power.


DUMFRIES, Va. — The water is rising on the Potomac River and Tim’s Rivershore Restaurant and Crabhouse’s dock is disappearing tonight.

The river is expected to reach high tide at 8:27 p.m. but already water is pouring over the restaurant’s dock and boat slips. The dock is used by boaters who frequent the restaurant on the Cherry Hill Peninsula near Dumfries.


A woman inside of her home in the 3100 block of Normandy Avenue in Fredericksburg called 911 at 4 a.m. when she heard an explosion and the rooms inside her house began to fill with smoke. She made it safely outside her home with her dog and was not injured, said Fredericksburg police spokeswoman Natia Bledsoe.

The single-story home was damage, and police that a pipe bomb had been thrown or placed inside the home. Bomb-sniffing dogs went searched the house but found no other bombs.


2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012

Power in Occoquan has been restored. An update from Mayor Earnie Porta.


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