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A group of Rippon Middle School students is the focus of a lengthy investigation after a student was robbed at knifepoint, and police learned a student brought a gun to school.

On Wednesday, April 6, at 4:52 p.m., officers were called to investigate a robbery in the 14800 block of Blackburn Road, near Featherstone Elementary School in Woodbridge, earlier that afternoon.


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A woman was shot while sitting in her Dumfries home.

Officers were called to an unrelated incident at 1:20 a.m. Thursday, April 14. Officers went to a home in the 1800 block of Fort Pulaski Ct in Dumfries to investigate a shooting into a townhouse. According to police, a 23-year-old woman was inside her home when shots were fired into the home by someone in the front parking lot.


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There is little support among supervisors to hike Stafford County’s 5% meals tax — a fee tacked onto patrons’ restaurant bills in addition to sales tax.

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Investigators are looking into a vehicle fire at an auto auction.

Prince William County fire and rescue crews were called to the Woodbridge Public Auto Action at 10:57 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, for a report of a car fire.


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Wegmans grocery store will phase out all plastic bags by the end of the year.

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Police believe speed was a factor in the crash involving three vehicles at 1:20 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, at Minnieville and Smoketown roads in Woodbridge.

According to a police press release, the driver of a 2009 Mercedes E350, driven by a 59-year-old man of Woodbridge, was traveling south on Minnieville Road approaching Smoketown Road when the driver disregarded a red traffic signal and proceeded into the intersection where the vehicle collided with a 2016 Toyota Highlander, driven by a 64-year-old woman of Woodbridge, that was traveling eastbound on Smoketown Road through the intersection.


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Stafford County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Thomas Taylor held recapped his first 100 days on the job.

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