Stafford News

More than 30 concerned Stafford County residents filled the Board of Supervisors' chambers Tuesday to discuss the proposed real estate tax rate and the creation of a countywide stormwater district.

A high-speed pursuit involving a stolen motorcycle that started in King George County late Sunday ended just into Fredericksburg when the driver struck a median, sending him, the bike and a passenger airborne.

The national pharmacy chain has cleared trees next to its store at 388 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford to make way for a new, larger, 14,000 square foot store.

The beautiful life of Lucille Francis Nelson-Hill, loving daughter of the late Carrie Payne and Thomas J. Payne, ended at Mary Washington Hospital on Saturday, April 5, 2014.

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors holds public hearings Tuesday for the proposed real estate tax rate and creation of a countywide stormwater district.

Salary increases, to the tune of 3%, are a priority outlined in the Stafford County Public Schools proposed $273.8 million budget for fiscal year 2015, which takes effect July 1. To get there, the School Board is asking the Board of Supervisors for an additional $19.6 million to cover the costs of the raises, as well as other "unavoidable" ... (more)

The Stafford Sheriff's Office's ongoing crackdown on heroin trafficking in the area has resulted in three more arrests.

A new retail center is planned for the corner of Courthouse Road and Austin Ridge Drive, just off Interstate 95, according to Fredericksburg.com.

The Transportation Security Administration announced Tuesday that the man was stopped Sunday afternoon when an officer staffing the X-ray machine spotted the gun in the bag of a man ticketed to fly to Salt Lake City.

Police said Gunnery Sergeant Monica Plank, 34, of Stafford, Virginia was walking with her husband in the 900 block of South Main Street in February when she was hit by a car.

A Stafford County woman accused of ripping off elderly people she was supposed to be caring for pleaded guilty to five felony charges Tuesday in Stafford County Circuit Court.

The Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Stafford is currently considering the options for development of a property on Va.

A cab driver was robbed early Saturday - possibly at gunpoint - by two fares he drove to the England Run area of Stafford County, police said.

I am extremely disappointed in the Stafford County School Board and Board of Supervisors.

TRANSPORTATION is like the Kevin Bacon six-degrees-of-separation phenomenon-pretty much anything you can think of is somehow tied to it.

The average Stafford County homeowner would pay an additional $74 in real estate taxes next year under the rate the Board of Supervisors decided to advertise this week.

Stafford County is now taking bids from companies interested in building the 76,350-square-foot indoor recreation facility at Embrey Mill.

Jason Mitchell, 29, of Stafford, Va., Darrel Mumaw, 34, of Edinburg, Va., Matthew Barlass, 29, of Strasburg, Va., Gregory Forde, 56, of Mount Jackson, Va., Justin Gibson, 30, of King George, Va.

Jason Mitchell, 29, of Stafford, Va., Darrel Mumaw, 34, of Edinburg, Va., Matthew Barlass, 29, of Strasburg, Va., Gregory Forde, 56, of Mount Jackson, Va., Justin Gibson, 30, of King George, Va.

Stafford County is now taking bids from companies interested in building the 76,350-square-foot indoor recreation facility at Embrey Mill.