Fredericksburg News

James Douglas Manring, a former fixture in the Fredericksburg region for his involvement with youth, was sentenced Friday to serve 14 years in federal prison.

As one mother put it, "Nothing hits you like a brick wall than when your [special needs]child starts puberty ." This passage between childhood and adulthood is not easy, even with typical children.

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

The Stafford County Sheriff's Office has made a historic drug bust. They say they've uncovered two kilograms of heroin with a street value worth $270,000. Steve Carrington Durham of New Jersey has been arrested after investigators say they found the heroin in the trunk of his car.

Stafford County Sheriff's Office authorities say they arrested a man from New Jersey for possession with intent to distribute heroin.

The 23rd Regiment United States Colored Troops will lead the historical Memorial Day procession from Shiloh Baptist Church through the streets of Fredericksburg to the Fredericksburg National Cemetery for the annual commemorative ceremony honoring the nation's fallen soldiers.

A large main house and a comfortable mother-in-law home aren't the only spots for shelter at this week's wow house.

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Virginia Railway Express Fredericksburg line trains are running at reduced speed Wednesday due to the heat.

James Monroe High sophomore Max Glover led a project to install two giant chalkboard signs in downtown Fredericksburg where residents complete the sentence: Before I die, I want to.

Fitch modeled losses of 8% of the remaining pool; expected losses on the original pool balance total 2.4%, including losses already incurred.

This refers to the article, "Warner talks at MWH town hall" [April 13]. More specifically, it refers to the photograph with the article.

How can Mary Washington Healthcare aspire to become a cutting-edge, world-class facility here in the Fredericksburg region when one repeatedly telephones both of its telephone numbers for its "Customer Service Department" on a recent Saturday morning and afternoon to be met with nothing but silence, or disconnected to dial tones?

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.