Stan Jones, CEO of ACTS: Action in Community Through Service in Prince William County and a member of the Fredericksburg City School Board, joined Uriah Kiser on the Potomac Local News Podcast.
Police Blotter: Stafford inmate charged in murder-for-hire plot against victim from his earlier case
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A Stafford man already jailed on sexual assault and obscenity charges is now accused of trying to arrange the murder of the victim in his earlier case, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.
Earlier this year, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office was alerted to a possible murder-for-hire plot involving an incarcerated man, according to a Friday press release.
The Virginia Department of Transportation listed scheduled lane closures for road work in the Fredericksburg, Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula areas for Nov. 1–6, weather permitting.
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High school students from across the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) region are invited to participate in Dialogue for Democracy at George Mason University!
Hosted by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, this event offers high school students an opportunity to engage in meaningful conversations about democracy, civic engagement, and the importance of understanding different perspectives.
Residents and grassroots groups held a roughly 40-minute press conference Thursday evening outside the NTT data center complex at 13710 Daves Store Lane in Gainesville to call for a 12-month pause on new data center applications that require a vote by the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. Organizers said the pause is needed so the county can update buffers, setbacks, noise rules, lighting standards, and other protections before more projects advance.
Speakers included Rina Stapp of Save Braemar, Carolee Carrington of Wentworth Green, Catherine Kulik of the HOA Roundtable, Patrick Harters, and Dalton Nichols of the Occoquan District. They described impacts from noise and large industrial fans, light trespass and non-dark-sky-compliant fixtures, diesel generators, power demand they said is equivalent to hundreds of thousands of homes for this campus alone, rising electricity bills, and proximity to homes, schools, and the Occoquan Reservoir Protective Area.
Route 1 traffic near Quantico will be reduced to two lanes overnight next week while crews install new bridge beams, the Virginia Department of Transportation said.
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 4 through early Friday, Nov. 6, Route 1 will be reduced to two travel lanes near Russell Road between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. each evening so crews can install the beams, weather permitting. The work is part of the replacement of the 93-year-old bridge over Chopawamsic Creek at the Stafford County and Prince William County line.
Early FY27 numbers show the county is still waiting on the large property-tax payments that will reflect the higher rate supervisors set in April, while the same unfunded disabled-veterans mandate that drove that increase continues to grow by about $400,000 a month.
Stafford County Budget Director Jeff Stamp presented first-quarter FY2027 results to the Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20. The general fund adjusted budget for total revenues and other financing sources is $509.8 million. First-quarter collections were $21.1 million, or 4.1 percent of the adjusted budget.
A Gainesville man who held a top secret security clearance pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a scheme that helped North Korean IT workers get remote jobs at U.S. companies, InsideNoVa reported.
John Allen Kurrle Jr., 62, worked for a U.S. government defense contractor from June to August 2025, according to federal court documents.
Students, teachers, parents and deputies walked through the Ferry Farm neighborhood in Stafford County for Ferry Farm Elementary’s annual D.A.R.E. parade, Fredericksburg Free Press reported.
The school has held the parade for more than 30 years in support of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.
The Virginia Parole Board on Thursday voted to release two women serving life sentences for first-degree murder, 7News reported.
Bessie Hope, 64, was released after serving 30 years of a life-plus-20-year sentence for first-degree murder, malicious wounding and robbery. Jaunita Lowery, 63, was released after serving about 23 years of a life sentence for first-degree murder.