Stafford News

Sheriff's spokesman Bill Kennedy said the incident occurred about 3 a.m. in the 200 block of Choptank Road in Vista Woods subdivision in North Stafford.

The current prescribed burns at Fort A.P. Hill in Caroline County have irritated not only folks near the installation, but as far north as Fredericksburg and Stafford County over the past few days.

Two Stafford County homeowners are one step closer to conducting firearm-related businesses out of their homes in the Hartwood District.

Fredericksburg voters in Ward 3 have a choice between an assistant principal and a planning commissioner for their next City Council representative.

A man accused of sexual assault in Stafford County over the weekend was arrested Sunday as he was getting on a plane bound for Saudi Arabia, police said.

Three New York men are accused of fraudulently acquiring $650 in gift cards from a Stafford County pharmacy and then returning to the store a couple of hours later, police said Sheriff's Office spokesman Bill Kennedy said the men were arrested for using a fake credit card to purchase the gift cards about 1 p.m. at the CVS at 3008 Garrisonville Road ... (more)

A locally based company that provides emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services plans to expand its Stafford County headquarters.

This is in response to the April 13 article titled "Stafford seeks input on taxes," associated with stormwater management.

A U.S. Marine Corps reservist admitted in federal court Friday that he stole more than $56,000 worth of cartridge cases and ammunition cans from the training base at Quantico and sold them for scrap, court records show.

The Stafford County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying two subjects in the recent robbery of a Stafford County taxi driver.

A former nursing assistant who stole from older people she was supposed to be taking care of pleaded guilty to 12 more felony charges this week.

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.