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A passenger was killed early Wednesday after a vehicle left Richmond Highway in Stafford and caught fire, the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Deputies are still trying to identify the driver of a black SUV who stopped and pulled the other occupant from the burning vehicle. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene.


Stafford

A D-BAT Baseball & Softball Academy is coming to The Shops of England Run on Warrenton Road, in the large storefront next to Rappahannock Goodwill’s new store in the former Big Lots space.

Owners Carrie and Brent Curtis say the indoor academy will be more than 14,000 square feet and will include 10 batting cages, a Rawlings-sponsored pro shop, and a flex room for birthday parties or corporate events. They are aiming to open in December or January.


Stafford

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 on Sept. 1 to advertise a public hearing on repealing the county’s transportation impact fee ordinance and then passed an emergency measure 4–2 to stop new collections until that hearing.

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Prince William

Elder Ramos told supervisors he can wait three weeks for a concrete truck when a patio pour gets canceled. On Tuesday night, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors gave his family a legal place to store the material.

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Fairfax County is temporarily putting crossing guards back at 11 high schools after a student was struck near South Lakes, Stafford officials are urging residents to tell the FCC whether Verizon’s plan to end traditional copper landlines would leave them without reliable phone service, and Manassas students have been invited to design the city’s official 2028 “I Voted!” sticker.

According to FFXnow, crossing guard services at 11 Fairfax County public high schools will be temporarily reinstated while county supervisors assess longer-term solutions for pedestrian safety. A Fairfax County Police Department spokesperson said Wednesday that police officers and crossing guards will provide traffic and crossing support at 11 high school locations that had previously been staffed. The move comes after the Board of Supervisors approved a May budget that eliminated funding for police crossing guards at high schools.


Prince William

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors on Sept. 1 approved a memorandum of understanding for a “drone as first responder” pilot at Potomac Mills, allowing police to launch an aircraft from the mall when a call is dispatched instead of driving a drone to the scene.

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The Dumfries Town Council voted 4-2 to keep newly installed Flock license-plate readers dark, halt any new data collection and send the program back for public engagement before the cameras can go live.

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Stafford

The Stafford County Board of Supervisors voted 5–2 on Tuesday to approve a performance-based incentive of up to $2.25 million over 10 years for a Publix grocery store on tax map parcel 44-62, in front of the new Hartwood High School on Warrenton Road (U.S. 17) in south Stafford.

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Stafford County’s economic-development office said Tuesday that fiscal 2026 produced more than $2.1 billion in announced capital investment and 1,671 announced jobs, and posted the first public annual report under a strategic plan adopted last year.

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