Spotsylvania News

A former U.S. Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting at least $40,000 in bribes to help a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts.

LARCENY: 2600 block Charles St, 5/18 - 5/19 8:00 a.m. A resident reported that his moped was stolen from his front porch.

Truth be told, I have yet to see a single cicada. So I asked on Facebook , and more than 80 people responded within hours that they were seeing them everywhere.

Nine people overdosed on heroin in the Culpeper, Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg areas during the week of May 13.

Fredericksburg police officers responded to a room at the George Washington Motel May 12 for a report of a deceased female.

Thank you to The Free Lance-Star for the April 25 article on the Spotsylvania mural ["Groups say Spotsy mural should tell 'entire story'"]. You have done a wonderful service to bring this to the public's attention.

Food, dancing, Kidz Zone, church tours, merchandise. Free admission. 2 - Patriot Park Amphitheater Concert Friday.

A former U.S. Postal Service official has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting at least $40,000 in bribes to help a Maryland company receive $6 million in contracts.

PURSE SNATCHING: 600 block Sophia St, 5/14 11:00 p.m. A female employee of a downtown business reported that she was walking to her vehicle when she was approached from behind by a man who grabbed her shoulder bag and ran toward City Dock .

Readers are no longer allowed to comment on Fredericksburg.com on letters to the editor, but readers have only themselves to blame.

Release, Virginia Department of Transportation: Interstate 95 is closed south of Exit 133/Falmouth in Stafford County for a crash involving hazardous materials.

Seventeen-year Brood II cicadas emerge in the Leavells Crossing neighborhood in Spotsylvania, Va., on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Crafters Wanted for the 22nd Annual Short Pump Ruritan Craft Show Oct. 26 at Short Pump Middle School, 4701 Pouncey Tract Road.

Spotsylvania deputies say Pauline Finney, 89, has been deaf and mute since the age of 12.

A 7-year-old girl was taken to Mary Washington Hospital after police say she was hit by a car while waiting at a bus stop in Spotsylvania County this morning.

ASSAULT: 7-Eleven, 905 Lafayette Blvd, 5/10 8:15 p.m. A city resident reported that an unknown female exchanged words with her in the parking lot and punched her several times in the face.

Recently, Russ Moulton wrote that Stafford families shouldn't be paying more local taxes than Spotsylvania residents ["Stafford taxes families too heavily!" April 23]. I don't know where he lives, but my commute to and from State Route 610 to State Route 3 can be 30-45 minutes.

Any gardener will tell you that compost is "black gold," essential to cultivating vigorous, flavorful crops.

Recently released pricing data for common procedures at hospitals across the country is meant to allow people to look up how much their local hospital would charge for a procedure and how much Medicare would reimburse that hospital.

A 62-year-old Richmond man shot in the head allegedly by his girlfriend died Thursday, according to the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Office.