STAFFORD, Va. — Authorities said a car drove right into the path of oncoming traffic on U.S. 1, and then it was time to pull over the driver and see what was up.
The driver turned right onto U.S. 1 north from Jason Lane in Stafford, about 6 a.m. Monday. A sheriff’s deputy happened to be in the area and began following the car once he saw the driver ignore a stop sign at U.S. 1 and Jason Lane. The driver continued north about a half mile to Coal Landing Road.
NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Two men from Portsmouth face drug charges in Stafford County.
Deputies were called to a McDonalds on Va. 610 at 2 a.m. Sunday for a report of a drunken driver. A deputy responded and found a car matching the description of that given by a 911 caller and then went to talk to the occupants, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
OCCOQUAN, Va. — The Mayor of Occoquan wants area families to get into the paddling business.
DALE CITY, Va. — Police in Prince William County arrested two people in connection to a string of robberies on April 4.
At 10:42 p.m. in the 14300 block of Wrangler Lane, off Darbydale Avenue at the Dale Forest Apartments in Dale City, a 15-year-old boy told police he was approached by two mn who threatened him and demanded in shoes and jacket valued at $120, and then fled in a dark SUV once they got them, according to police documents. The victim was not injured.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Transportation officials will close a portion of Interstate 95’s High Occupancy Vehicle lanes this weekend. It’ll be one of several total closures of the heavily-used transportation facility over the next six weeks.
The reversible HOV lanes between Va. 234 in Dumfries and the Franconia-Springfield Parkway will close at 11 p.m. Friday and will reopen by 10 a.m. Saturday. Drivers will be able to get onto the HOV lanes in the northbound direction at Franconia-Springfield Parkway and points north starting at 2 a.m. Saturday. The entire facility is expected to reopen in the northbound direction to all traffic by 11 a.m. Saturday.
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — The ban on open fires in Stafford County has been extended through today as conditions remain ripe for wildfires.
The region has been under a red flag warning from the National Weather Service since the weekend, with high winds, humidity, and brush on the ground ready to burn elevating the fire threat, according to officials.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Once the Prince William Supervisor representing the Occoquan District turned County Board Chairman, Corey Stewart will announce Wednesday his run for Virginia Lt. Governor.
Stewart’s announcement will take place at 11 a.m. Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge, according to an email from the Stewart campaign The announcement comes after Stewart told a Charlottesville radio station in February he would run for the office.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. –– On March 25, Prince William Conservation Alliance’s first session of the Stream Stewards program kicked off with an eye-opening tour of two badly damaged streams, one in Hylbrook Park in Woodbridge and the other half a mile away off U.S. 1. Both streams are high priority restoration candidates that illustrate the opportunities and challenges for Prince William County to protect local water quality and help save the Chesapeake Bay.
After remarks by Prince William Occoquan District Supervisor Mike May about the challenges the county faces in restoring already damaged water resources and working to prevent future damage, Prince William County environmental engineer Clay Morris pointed out the Hylbrook Park stream’s precarious location in a heavily developed section of Woodbridge.
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STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — Little is known about the suspect authorities in Stafford County say they have in custody following a school bus fire last week.
