Stafford County News

Regarding the bomber, Laurence Alan Stewart II: No doubt the young man's mind is out of order.

The Virginia Republican party will gather for its state convention in Richmond this Friday and Saturday to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general for the November election.

"There is never enough money; that is the very definition of budget," said Nancy Collins, the Stafford County budget director, recently ["Budget options few for Stafford schools," May 10]. How insulting! The county budget process is broken.

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

The Commonwealth Transportation Board laid out a six-year plan Wednesday that has an additional $4 billion in its overall budget and looks at adding another lane to congested Interstate 95 in Stafford County.

Stafford School Board members appeared shocked Tuesday night after Superintendent Randy Bridges announced his resignation, a year before his contract was slated to end.

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.

He is preceded in death by his parents, William T. Thurston Sr. and Annie Thurston of Woodbridge; and his loving wife, Mary Frances Thurston.

A Stafford County doctor facing 95 felony charges connected to an alleged misuse of pain medication prescriptions will be in jail at least until Thursday.

A 22-year-old Quantico woman has been accused of fabricating a robbery that she said occurred at a Walmart in Stafford County last month, police said.

An FBI agent in Stafford County is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife.

Virginia State Police Trooper D.J. Jablonski is investigating the crash which occurred at 11:59 a.m. about 800 feet north of State Route 630 in Stafford.

Media outlets report that 54-year-old Dr. Nibedita Mohanty was arrested Friday for allegedly prescribing tens of thousands of doses of narcotics to drug-addicted patients and drug traffickers.

A second degree murder charge was placed against a local FBI agent who told dispatchers he shot his estranged wife several times in Stafford County last month.

Dr. Nibedita Mohanty was arrested and charged with 95 indictments related to narcotics, insurance fraud and involuntary manslaughter, according to The Stafford County Sheriff's Office.

The School Board met Thursday night to hash out the details of the budget. The school division asked for $13 million from the county's Board of Supervisors for teacher raises but instead received $2.7 million.

A 29-year-old Stafford County man was brutally beaten Wednesday in an attack that he said was totally unprovoked, police said.

Ticket prices range from $40 to $60; student tickets are available on select nights.

On Monday, May 6, 2013, the Lord called one of his beloved angels, Dianne L. Simpson-Johnson, 64, a longtime resident of Stafford County, into eternal rest after a lengthy battle with leukemia.

Quality of life in the Stafford-Fredericksburg area is decreasing alarmingly. The reason? Lack of planning.