School officials said 49 students had just left Kate Waller Barrett Elementary School in North Stafford and were sitting in stalled traffic on Garrrisonville Road (Va. 610) when a car ran into the back of the bus about 1:30 p.m.
Damage to both vehicle was minor due to the slow speeds at which they were traveling and no one was injured, said officials. A passing fire truck was able to stop at the scene and summon additional help.
Fire and rescue crews at 5:56 a.m. Friday were called to a house fire at 135 Theresa Drive, just off Winding Creek Drive in Stafford, as fire engulfed the second story of the two-story home.
Everyone escaped the blaze without injury, and fire crews were able to bring the fire under control within 30 minutes of arriving on the scene, said Stafford fire and rescue spokesman Mark Doyle in a press release.
Woodbridge, Va. — Fire crews overnight were called to a townhouse fire just off U.S. 1 in Woodbridge.
Rescue units were called to the 14000 block of Winding Loop in the Heather Glen neighborhood about 1 a.m. to battle a fire in a three-story town home.
Fire and rescue crews at 3:40 p.m. were called to the 3400 block of Caledonia Circle, just off Cotton Mill Drive, after flames broke out in a three-story town house.
Three people were home at the time of the fire, and one person became trapped on the third floor of the house. Two others tried to rescue the victim but were injured and fled the burning house, said Prince William fire and rescue Battalion Chief Joseph Robertson.
A $215,000 grant was awarded to the Sentara Family Health Connection Mobile Clinics to cover operational expenses, salaries, and renovations to the oldest of the mobile clinic’s two vans.
The Potomac Health Foundation awarded a second grant of $85,000 to fund the new “Every Baby, Every Time,” program which will be operated out of the mobile clinics. Every Baby, Every Time is a prenatal education and care program that will include pregnancy tests, general prenatal care and finding a prenatal/delivery provider for women in the community.
Officials broke ground for the new building Tuesday that will house Stafford’s commonwealth attorney’s office, next to the Stafford County Government Center on U.S. 1.
Once complete, the $2.9 million Chichester Building will be named after a family who for the past seven decades has provided two public servants to the county, according to a press release.
A deputy was called to a home on 10 Tanterra Drive in Stafford on Saturday. The owner of the car, a silver 2004 BMW sedan, said the car was locked and had been parked in her drive way just before 11 p.m. Friday night. At 8:20 a.m., the car was no longer in the driveway, said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The following day ni the 1000 block of Ramoth Church Road in Stafford, a 1999 black Mazda pickup was stolen from Virginia Paving. The truck was parked at the business at 8 a.m. The owner came back at 11 a.m. to find the truck missing, said Kennedy.
Kyle Elliot Duval, 24, was killed when he lost control of his 2005 Acura on Kellogg Mill Road near Poplar Road. Police said Duval entered a right curve, swerved left and hit a tree.
Duval was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash but speed appears to be a factor, said Virginia State Police Sgt. Les Tyler.
Dr. Karen Spillman, former Principal of Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, handed in her resignation to the Stafford County School Board on Tuesday night.
Spilllman came into the spotlight last week after she ordered a suspension for 14-year-old Bryan Thompson – a student at Colonial Forge who donned a banana costume and ran down the football field during halftime Sept. 16. After threatening to suspend Thompson for an entire year, the student was reinstated in his school after serving half of his 10 day suspension, and an apology was issued by the county school superintended after Spillman disciplined students who wore t-shirts that stated “free Banana Man” following Thompson’s suspension.
North Stafford, Va. — Landslide victims will not get their meeting with the developer of their property.
Richard Wolf with George H. Rucker Realty Corp., the developer of the Austin Ridge subdivision in North Stafford, says county officials asked him to meet with them and two families whose homes are threatened by a landslide that developed Sept. 10.
