King George News

Courtland earned it's 200th all-time win and earned a Region I playoff spot in the process with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 volleyball win over Culpeper in last night's second Battlefield District semifinal at King George High School.

King George County deputies, fire and rescue workers, teachers and county employees will get first crack at 14 new town houses that will be built in the Courthouse area.

The H1N1 vaccine is going out almost as quickly as it's coming in. The Health District received 3,200 doses at 10 a.m. today, and much of it will be distributed tonight and tomorrow at hastily arranged school clinics.

The following people were indicted recently by a Fredericksburg grand jury: Nichole Fridely Aleshire, aka Nichole Fridely Perry, Fredericksburg, prescription fraud.

Residents of the James Monroe District will vote at a new polling place this year: the old King George High School.

Only one company that manufactures precast concrete walls opened on the East Coast this year--and that was in King George County 's industrial park.

The following people were indicted recently by a King George County grand jury: Robert Dudley Beanum, King George, malicious wounding.

A local insurance agent was ordered yesterday to serve 10 days in jail for improperly touching one of his employees.

It's hard to compete with caramel apples and funnel cakes, a 100-foot slide and a giant pumpkin cannon, but Steve Shannon did his best yesterday as he made a stop at Belvedere Plantation's Harvest Fest in the final days of his campaign for attorney general.

Two issues continue to haunt the King George Board of Supervisors: the infrastructure of Chatham Village subdivision and the status of fire and rescue volunteers.

Army 2nd Lt. John M. Saunders received his commission after successfully completing the Army ROTC program and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Virginia Military Institute.

One of the victims was also arrested after authorities found drugs during a search of the home.

Some area children are still deciding what to be for Halloween. But area organizations that serve the poor, the elderly and the disabled are already planning for Christmas.

King George County 's Shiloh District School Board seat won't have any names on the ballot Nov.

King George Ruritans were giving out free dictionaries to every third-grader in the county this week.

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence will be available for public viewing in Virginia Beach.

A two-vehicle crash in King George County last night killed a woman and injured her two children.

A group that wants to offer King George County staff affordable housing will have to wait until November--at least--to see if the supervisors approve the project.

Commuters who meet their carpool or vanpool at the Walmart parking lot in Stafford's Washington Square Plaza on State Route 3 will have to find a new place to park after Friday, Oct.

Money was the main topic of discussion among King George County 's supervisors Tuesday night--as in, more is needed, but nobody's got it.