After scoring just three runs combined in the first two games of the series, the FredNats exploded for 12 runs and 16 hits in a 12-1 win over Salem on Thirsty Thursday at Virginia Credit Union Stadium.
Rodney Theophile got his fourth win of the season as well and lowered his Carolina League-best ERA to 1.44 after pitching 5 1/3 innings, allowing no runs and striking out four.
A teacher found a student suffering a stab wound, leading police to uncover a fight in a school bathroom.
The investigation at Woodbridge Senior High School, at 3001 Old Bridge Road in Lake Ridge revealed that three students were inside a bathroom when a verbal altercation escalated at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 25.
After more than two months of negotiation, Virginia lawmakers are nearing a deal on the state’s biennial budget plan and intend to hold a vote on compromise legislation on June 1.
The House of Delegates, which has narrow Republican control, and the Senate, which has narrow Democratic control, passed their own versions of the state budget in early March but missed a mid-March deadline to pass compromise legislation. Spokespersons for the House Republicans and the Senate Democrats have both confirmed with The Center Square they are nearing a deal that will be ready on June 1.
The Stafford Soap Box Derby will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2022, for the first time in Stafford County, Virginia.
Hosted by the Regional Soap Box Derby Organization, racers will be challenged as they race on Reservoir Road in front of the Rocky Run Elementary School, located at 95 Reservoir Road, Fredericksburg, Va., 22406. All information and registration for the Stafford Soap Box Derby can be found at TourStaffordVA.com/event/SoapBoxDerby.
On May 24, at 9 p.m. Manassas City Police responded to the 10300 block of 7th Regiment Drive for a report of a group fighting in the parking lot.
As officers responded, several callers reported hearing gunshots. The group fled the area as the officers arrived on the scene.
The weather across our region on Friday, May 27, will be unsettled, with showers, thunderstorms, possible tornadoes, and heavy rain along the Interstate 95 corridor.
According to the National Storm Prediction Center, widely scattered severe thunderstorms are possible on Friday from the Carolinas northward into eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Damaging gusts and a couple of tornadoes are the primary threats to the stronger storms in the Chesapeake Bay region.
On May 25, the suspect sought in connection with the shooting that occurred at the athletic fields of Benton Middle School located at 7411 Hoadly Road in Woodbridge on May 1, was arrested.
Isaiah Malik Gordon, 23, of 16600 Harwood Oaks Court in Woodbridge, turned himself into police without incident. Gordon is charged with two counts of aggravated malicious wounding, one count of possession of a firearm on school grounds, two counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, two counts of use of a firearm while on school grounds.
A ribbon-cutting will be held for a $1.2 million park in Lake Ridge on Saturday, June 4, at 11 a.m.
From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., the park will have fitness demonstrations and giveaways.
