Thornburg News

Thought he was hiding cocaine from detectives, then came back to get it. Frank Hammon WFLS News Date published: 1/6/2010 A Spotsylvania man is behind bars on a drug charge.

Road conditions seem to be degrading in the Fredericksburg area, and the Stafford-Spotsylvania-Fredericksburg area is now under a blizzard warning.

Two road projects have the potential to create traffic jams this week in the Fredericksburg area.

A Spotsylvania County jury this week recommended a five-year prison term for a man who exposed himself while driving on Interstate 95.

Two people have been charged with inflicting life-threatening injuries on a Fredericksburg man at his home Wednesday night, police said.

Sunday-Thursday, 10 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; motorists will be restricted to one lane on I-95 southbound just south of Exit 143 .

Lots of road work happening this week in the Fredericksburg area, and slightly to our north on Interstate 95.

Sunday-Monday, 9 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; crews will be milling and paving the on- and off-ramps at the U.S. 1/Spotsylvania interchange.

Sunday-Monday, 9 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; crews will be milling and paving the on- and off-ramps at the U.S. 1/Spotsylvania interchange.

The following prices are among the lowest at Interstate 95 exits in the Fredericksburg area, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic's Fuel Price Finder: Exit 143, Garrisonville/Aquia: $2.29, 7-Eleven, 201 Garrisonville Road; Wawa, 105 Garrisonville Road Exit 140, Courthouse Road: $2.32, 7-Eleven, 2143 Jefferson Davis Highway Exit 133, U.S. 17: $2.39, ...

The following prices are among the lowest at Interstate 95 exits in the Fredericksburg area, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic's Fuel Price Finder: Exit 143, Garrisonville/Aquia: $2.29, 7-Eleven, 201 Garrisonville Road; Wawa, 105 Garrisonville Road Exit 140, Courthouse Road: $2.32, 7-Eleven, 2143 Jefferson Davis Highway Exit 133, U.S. 17: $2.39, ...

The Fredericksburg region is experiencing a hotel building boom. There were 89 hotels with a total of 8,274 rooms as of this past May, the most recent month for which HotelNewsNow.com, which tracks the hotel industry, has figures.

The ailing economy means fewer people are traveling for either business or pleasure.