King George News

Numerous events were held in Fredericksburg itself, but Culpeper, Quantico, King George, Colonial Beach, Port Royal and other venues also held events.

AM grateful, this week, that people still have the ability to surprise me. I've spent the past 17 years as a journalist, and feel sometimes as though I've seen it all.

HERE'S A MORAL to this Flash- back column: Label your photos. And if your parents and grandparents are living, see to it that they label theirs.

A former City Council member is facing 22 felony counts of forging doctors' signatures on death and cremation certificates.

"Community" is an awareness of our connection to our neighbors. It's what pushes us to lend a hand, buck up a struggler, or simply enjoy the talents and gifts of those around us.

Express trains and FREDericksburg Regional Transit buses will go up this week. VRE fares increase an average of 6 percent starting today, raising the price of a single-trip ticket from Fredericksburg to Union Station to $10.30, up from $9.75. A monthly pass between the same stations is increasing to $285 from $270. Starting Wednesday, FRED is ...

By noon at the King George Farmers Market Community Appreciation Day, Monica and Jeff Schenemann's fish were sold out.

On paper, the proposal to build 60 townhouses at Fairview Beach looks like a rezoning issue, a matter for King George County officials to decide.

The bulk of trash hauled out of the St. Mary's County trash convenience centers will find a new home in Charles County starting this summer instead of at the mega-landfill in King George, Va.

Cedell Brooks Jr. was indignant that in these troubled times, a county employee paid $215 for a chair.

Want to do a type of cakewalk in which the prize is not baked goods but baskets of fresh vegetables? The King George Farmers Market is the place to do it.

The free clinic at the King George Department of Social Services is treating about 20 patients each time it's open, including people from surrounding counties.

When the Armentrout triplets sit down to be interviewed, it's no accident that Lindsey sits in the middle.

Officials with the King George Health Department are looking for at least six people who were bitten or scratched by a rabid cat near the post office there on Sunday.

Headed north on Interstate 95 tonight in the vicinity of Lorton? Or driving into work at 3 a.m. tomorrow? Leave extra travel time.

Most of the federal stimulus funds for the Fredericksburg area so far have helped education and local governments balance their budgets.

The May housing data for the Fredericksburg area show some very positive signs that the sector is beginning to improve.

J.R. West spent 21 years as a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps and now the retired lieutenant colonel is devoting his life to educating future leaders.

Officials at the King George Family YMCA have wanted a pavilion and playground at their facility since it opened in September.

A King George County jury Thursday recommended a five-year prison term for a man accused of breaking a chair over a woman's head and stomping her.