Congressman Gerry Connolly and 39 others are urging support of a nationwide gun buyback program in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut.
Connolly and 39 others in congress signed their names to a letter sent to House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi asking for their support for a buyback program.
A Stafford man was killed over the Christmas holiday in Fauquier County.
More in a press release from Virginia State Police:
Snow and sleet covered the last of my pink camellia buds this morning. It is officially wintertime in my book.
9:15 a.m.
The wintry precipitation is holding longer than forecasters anticipated it would.
The so-called end of the world came and went without a hitch. We guess the Mayans had better things to do than to worry about calendars written thousands of years after their demise.
So, what did you do to prepare for the end of the world on Friday?
STAFFORD, Va. — Stafford’s Brooke Point High School Marching Band will make their first ever appearance at a bowl game next week. They’ll be playing during a game featuring one of the Virginia’s collegiate athletic powerhouses.
More in a press release from Stafford County Public Schools:
Federal workers can take Christmas Eve off. President Barack Obama on Friday signed an Executive Order than mandates all non-essential federal employees not come into their offices on Monday.
The mandate states employees will receive regular pay as if they had worked the entire day, and if the employee had scheduled to take off Christmas Eve, that employee will not be charged with annual leave.
Wind is rustling the trees outside windows in our area this morning.
The counties to the west of Prince William and Stafford remain under a high wind warning and can expect gusts up to 60 mph today. In our area, forecasters said we will see winds about 28 mph. The winds will diminish to about 17 mph this afternoon.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Visitors to Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge will soon be able to use an elevator to get there.
A new agreement between Virginia Railway Express and Prince William County will ultimately permit visitors access to the secluded refuge on the Potomac River from a pedestrian platform at the Rippon VRE station. Visitors will be able to use an elevator to access the platform and then go over to the refuge, including weekends when the commuter rail station is not in use, according details of the new deal.
By URIAH KISER
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Option one: Build a road. Option two: Build a road with toll lanes and dedicated routes for transit buses.
