Fredericksburg News

Patch has 31 community sites in Virginia and D.C. Here are some of the top stories from around the region over the past week.

According to a city police report, the break-in occurred about 5:45 a.m. in the 300 block of Cannon Circle in Confederate Ridge.

The lives of two individuals were lost last week after a two car crash accident in King George.

It is so very important to be an advocate for recycling and reusing. Plastics, papers, and chemicals pollute our streets and water sources.

Kenneth E. Boyd, 89, of Fredericksburg died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at Falls Run Nursing & Rehab Center in Stafford County.

Brood II is HERE: The moment thousands of cicadas burst into life from underground in Virginia yards after 17 years Further north the weather has been too cool but the emergence of Brood II emergence isn't expected to be too far away The infestation, named Brood II by scientists, has not been seen since 1996.

Rappahannock Area Health District officials recently inspected food preparation and storage in Fredericksburg.

At first, there were one or two husks on a tree. Then there were several squashed bugs in the school parking lot.

Nine people overdosed on heroin in the Culpeper, Spotsylvania and Fredericksburg areas during the week of May 13.

Patch has 31 community sites in Virginia and D.C. Here are some of the top stories from around the region over the past week.

After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is an estimated $600 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.

On March 28, I was driving in Fredericksburg when suddenly my car stopped twice.

Fredericksburg police officers responded to a room at the George Washington Motel May 12 for a report of a deceased female.

In the past week at least, nine people in the region - two have died - from what police attribute to heroin overdose.

She was born Emma Deane Scott on March 31, 1943, in Baltimore, to Leroy and Amanda Scott , and she departed this life on Monday, May 13, 2013, at Mary Washington Hospital due to complications of multiple illnesses.

FREDERICKSBURG, VA -- Eric M. Rosenzweig of Chatham, N.J., graduated with a B.A. degree in philosophy from the University of Mary Washington.

A cicada rests on the grass in Alexandria, Va., in this May 14, 2004, file photo.

After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is an estimated $550 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.

We have some beautiful historic homes in downtown Fredericksburg - several of these estates have been featured in previous Wow House posts .

PURSE SNATCHING: 600 block Sophia St, 5/14 11:00 p.m. A female employee of a downtown business reported that she was walking to her vehicle when she was approached from behind by a man who grabbed her shoulder bag and ran toward City Dock .