Spotsylvania County News

The Rappahannock Area Health District received H1N1 vaccine yesterday, and some of it was destined for children's arms and noses last night.

If you don't pay your personal property taxes, you might lose your vehicle until the bill is paid in full.

Spotsylvania County School Board candidate Baron P. Braswell, who came up short in Tuesday's election by just 29 votes, says he will not request a recount.

Spotsylvania County is about to lose its only Civil War museum. Terry Thomann, director of the Civil War Life museum, said yesterday that he plans to close the attraction in the Southpoint I center and in two weeks open a store at 829 Caroline St., in Fredericksburg to sell Civil War-related books, souvenirs, T-shirts and gifts.

Schools in Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg will get their first doses of the H1N1 vaccine this week, though the only type of vaccine available will be FluMist, a nasal spray.

Edith Margaret Acors, 82, of Spotsylvania County died Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Carriage Hill Health and Rehabilitation Center.

One of the men charged with murder by mob following the death of a teenager at a Sweet 16 party in Caroline County pleaded guilty yesterday to a misdemeanor.

I find myself sitting here angry and offended by the Oct. 29 editorial regarding D.J. McGuire and Chris Yakabouski ["For stops past VRE, elect Skinner & Pitts"]. You see, I am D.J.'s wife, and I find that reference to my husband as a "would-be abortionist" to be outrageous and offensive.

Spotsylvania County scrapped its original H1N1 vaccination plans yesterday and instead will follow Stafford County 's example by administering shots at one location per day once the vaccine becomes available.

Will be held in a central location. Deirdre Blake WFLS News Date published: 10/28/2009 All of the previously scheduled H1N1, swine flu, clinics at individual Spotsylvania County Schools have been canceled.

The new emergency room in Spotsylvania County has doctors, nurses, exam rooms and parking for ambulances out back.

Mary Washington Hospital opened its new Freestanding Emergency Department this morning.

Spotsylvania County 's third- through fifth-grade teachers will determine whether their charges have 30 minutes of recess each day, curriculum director Julie Hurst said last night.

The last two of nine defendants charged in a January beating of two Spotsylvania County teens that was recorded via cell phone were sentenced yesterday.

Julie Hurst, director of elementary education and executive director of curriculum, is scheduled to provide a report to the Spotsylvania County School Board on Monday about how the new scheduling program implemented at elementary schools this year is going.

A man who was arrested last week for stealing compressed air is in trouble again--this time over a $3.99 can of Red Bull.

The following people were indicted recently by a Spotsylvania County grand jury: Timothy Richard Basler, malicious wounding.

A Culpeper man involved in a March 22 head-on collision that killed four people now faces manslaughter charges.

Spotsylvania County parents have achieved a partial victory in their quest to get 30 minutes of daily recess restored for their third- through fifth-graders. But some say the administrators' decision falls short of what they wanted.

Two Spotsylvania County supervisors facing re-election contests did not attend an Oct.