North Stafford, Va. –– Thomas’ Pizza closed their doors in North Stafford last month, leaving some customers wondering where the restaurant next to the Goodwill store went.


A couple in Bristow has been charged after police say they used drywall to keep children trapped inside a room in their home, a judge rules a Fredericksburg university is not responsible for the rape of a student, and recycling may be a thing of the past at another area school.


The school system’s summer job fair will be held Tuesday at Freedom High School at 15201 Neabsco Mills Road in Woodbridge, where students will be interviewed for teacher and office assistant positions that will open later this year during the schools’ summer remedial program.

Those who are hired will be paid $7.50 per hour and work with children in kindergarten through eighth grade.


Statistics from the Virginia Employment Commission show Stafford County grew 55 percent between the first quarter 2000 and third quarter 2010, increasing the number of jobs in the county from 23,262 to 36,121 during those 10 years.

During that same time period, Fredericksburg grew by only 9 percent, Spotsylvania County by 31 percent and King George County by 9 percent.


Christopher Rodriguez, a 28-year-old former Navy sailor, will stand trial July 6 on after Stafford County investigators say be used an internet chat room about vampires to meet the girl, then traveled last fall from his home in Florida to meet her so the two could have sex.


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