STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — One man is dead following a two-vehicle Stafford crash in Stafford County. At 4:35 p.m. Thursday, Virginia State Police Trooper A.J. Falkner was called to the scene on Route 17 near Stafford Lakes Parkway.
A 1999 Ford F-350 pickup truck was traveling north on U.S. 17 when, according to witnesses, it suddenly sped up and crossed into the southbound lanes. Heading the wrong way in the southbound lanes, the 1999 F-350 then struck head-on a southbound 2003 Ford F-350 pickup.
A former Virginia Railway Express employee pleaded guilty today of taking more than $200,000 in bribes, according to a press release from federal court.
Kevin Wirth Jannell, 49, of Fredericksburg appeared in court for the first time today on charges he accepted up to $4,000 a month between 2003 and March of this year in exchange for favorable evaluations of companies bidding for VRE subcontracts, a press release states.
STAFFORD, Va. — The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office reports that the skeletal remains found in a wooded area near the northbound 140 ramp off of I-95 on Thursday, August 16, 2012 have been identified as Katherine Bryant of Washington, D.C.
As part of the ongoing investigation into this incident, Stafford Detectives have been looking into any missing person reports in the Stafford County region. Using DNA, the skeletal remains that were found on August 16th were identified as Katherine Bryant. Ms. Bryant was reported missing by family members in the summer of 2006. Katherine Bryant was 33 years old when she was reported missing and was last seen in the Washington, D.C. area.
By URIAH KISER
LAKE RIDGE, Va. — In a room of just over 50 voters who came to hear School Board candidates debate, by a show of hands only five of them were undecided.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The Prince William County Department of Finance reminds residents that personal property taxes are due on or before Friday, Oct. 5, 2012.
There are several convenient ways to pay your bill. If you choose to pay by check, mail payments in the remittance envelope included with your tax bill. Make checks payable to “Prince William County.” Payments by mail must be postmarked no later than Oct. 5, 2012, to avoid a late payment penalty and interest charges.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Tuesday, Sept. 17 was the first day of the Courage F.U.N. Project at Marumsco Hills Elementary School. This pilot program is a collaboration between Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, Prince William Courage, Sodexho, and Prince William County Schools as way to combat the childhood obesity epidemic, specifically in Prince William County.
Forty 4th and 5th graders participated in the event and received Sentara water bottles, Courage Pride t-shirts and their Courage F.U.N. Project workbooks. Sue Sweet, a registered dietician at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center, provided a lesson on the importance of eating a healthy breakfast.
MANASSAS, Va. — The Virginia Department of Transportation’s Office of Civil Rights will host the 8th Annual Transportation Career for high school students on Oct. 4 at the Prince William Fairgrounds in Manassas from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. “Transportation: Your Ride to the Future!” is the theme.
The career fair exposes high school students to the rewarding and diverse careers in the transportation industry, including engineering, construction, architecture, environmental and technology.
By KATHRYN KOCH
Simply Beautiful Spaces
In the northern portion of Stafford County is a quaint, yet bustling area called Garrisonville.
Sexual Battery – On September 21 at 1:20PM, police responded to investigate a sexual assault which was reported to have occurred in the area of the Cloverdale 7-Eleven located at 14820 Cloverdale Rd in Woodbridge (22193).
The victim, a 15 year old female of Woodbridge, reported to police that she was walking in the 14800 block of Danville Rd when she was approached by an unknown man. The man began to ask her questions and followed her to the area of the 7-Eleven on Cloverdale Rd.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Prince William County will bring back a numbers system to decide funding priorities for the fiscal 2014 budget.
Michelle Casciato with the county’s Office of Management and Budget told officials Tuesday her office use will a risk assessment system that will examine what programs and agencies are being funding now, how they relate to the core function of local government, and then assign each scores between four and 20.
