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A Stafford High School student was arrested Friday, April 29, for several charges.
According to the county’s sheriff’s office, the teenager after gave a brownie laced with marijuana to another student during school.
A sedan ran off northbound Interstate 95, near the exit for Quantico, and into a wooded area. The car caught fire, trapping one person inside.
Crews worked to extinguish the blaze and found an unidentified occupant with a large head wound, according to initial reports.
The Transform 66 Outside the Beltway Project will E-ZPass Express Lanes stretching nearly 23 miles from the Capital Beltway to Route 29 in Gainesville, rebuild major interchanges along the I-66 corridor, create thousands of commuter parking spaces, and expand trail options for cyclists and pedestrians.
The lanes are scheduled to open in December.
Rescue crews were called Friday night after someone thought a car slammed into a strip mall.
At 11:27 p.m., fire and rescue crews went to a Regency Furniture store at 10318 Portsmouth Road near Manassas for a report of a partial building collapse.
At 10:53 p.m. Friday, April 29, emergency crews went to 26 Tarleton Way, about a mile from a U.S. Post Office on Route 1.
The victim was pinned between two cars but was eventually freed, according to initial reports. It’s unclear what led to the crash.
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(The Center Square) – A Virginia Senate committee controlled by Democrats voted to reject a proposal that would have suspended the commonwealth’s entire 26.2-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline for three months.
The Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee voted 12-3 to prevent Senate Bill 6001 from passing. Each of the committee’s Democrats and one Republican, Sen. Emmet Hanger, R-Augusta, voted against the bill. Three of the four Republicans voted to advance the legislation.
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On April 28 at 5:20 p.m., officers went to the Broadstone at River Oaks Apartments in the 3100 block of Chesapeake Drive near Dumfries to investigate a shooting in progress.
Officers found a 22-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. Rescue crews took the woman to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The Prince William Chamber of Commerce is urging lawmakers to do whatever it takes to bring professional football to the county.
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Calls began coming into the Stafford County 9-1-1 emergency call center Thursday, April 28, about a social media post threatening a mass shooting in Stafford County.
According to authorities, there is no credible threat. The threat also did not indicate where or when the shooting would occur.