Stafford County deputies reported a DUI crash, a shoplifting stop that turned up narcotics and a concealed weapon, and several other arrests over the weekend.
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“Rep. Eugene Vindman faced a heated confrontation with transgender constituents and local Democrats in King George County over his May vote for Republican-backed H.R. 2616, legislation that would require parental consent before schools change a minor student’s gender markers, pronouns, or accommodations, leading to a profane hallway exchange and his abrupt departure,” The Advocate reported. Attendees challenged the first-term Democrat’s support for the measure, sharing personal accounts of being outed to unsupportive parents, while Vindman defended the vote as rooted in parental rights before later issuing an apology for failing to listen.
The clash occurred during a Tuesday meeting with the King George County Democratic Committee in the solidly Republican locality within Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, where Vindman has held no prior public town hall and where local LGBTQ+ students recently sued over the denial of a gay-straight alliance at the middle school.
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The Manassas City Public Schools Education Foundation closed its FY 25-26 year with a bank balance of $167,899.05 and reported increased scholarship awards and the return of educator grants during a presentation to the Manassas City School Board.
Executive Director Carol Hartt delivered the update, introduced by Director of Public Communications and Community Relations Almeta Radford. Foundation board president Jimmy Conroy was unable to attend.
Just after 4 a.m. Monday, Spotsylvania Fire and Rescue units responded to a large fire at the Pick-A-Part auto salvage yard in the 9000 block of Patriot Highway. Crews found a significant blaze involving multiple vehicles that spread through the junkyard; more than 100 vehicles are believed to have been involved.
More than 30 fire and rescue personnel remained on scene later in the morning extinguishing remaining fire and conducting overhaul operations, with crews expected to stay for several more hours. No injuries were reported to civilians or firefighters, according to an update from the Spotsylvania Emergency Communications Center.
Three people were taken to a hospital with minor illnesses Saturday after a pepper ball was discharged inside a Wawa convenience store in Stafford County.
Stafford County Fire and Rescue crews responded around 5 p.m. to a hazardous materials call at the Wawa on Warrenton Road at Litchfield Boulevard. Firefighters isolated the area while investigating. The source was identified as a pepper ball, a self-defense tool that fires a projectile filled with a powdered chemical irritant, similar to pepper spray, and can be launched up to 150 feet.
Hot and humid conditions continue today with a high near 91 and heat index values as high as 101. A few showers and thunderstorms remain possible this evening as a cold front crosses the region. Skies turn sunnier, and temperatures ease a bit Tuesday and Wednesday before storm chances return later in the week.
Stay weather-aware and check official National Weather Service updates for the latest information.
A pedestrian was killed late Saturday night after being struck by two vehicles in Dumfries. Early Sunday, a separate fatal crash on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County left one driver dead and another charged with driving while intoxicated.
The Dumfries crash involved a man crossing the road outside a marked crosswalk. The Fairfax County crash left a Toyota Camry in flames. Both incidents remain under investigation.
The Fredericksburg Free Press published an exclusive this weekend about hundreds of people who spent time under ICE custody at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County before being deported. The numbers are real. The data comes from ICE records. And the story still managed to leave out the most basic fact.
These individuals were held because they were in the country illegally.