Stafford County News

Stafford County-based CR Painting & Plus Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection last week, according to electronic records with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

With temperatures climbing and a heat advisory in effect Monday, Falmouth Beach in Stafford County was filled with sunbathers and swimmers on Memorial Day.

Emergency crews have doused a brush fire that ignited under the Falmouth bridge about an hour and a half ago.

School Board members are considering a series of proposals that would lessen the penalties for alcohol use and would allow students to wear dorm pants and to use cellphones during school.

Kay and Carl Harris had other options on Sunday, but chose to spend the afternoon at the YMCA water park in Stafford County.

Jeffery Mullins, a 2012 graduate of North Carolina State University, was recently commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, and is in pilot training at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas.

When Marines are able to defuse tense situations in Afghanistan, some of the credit may go to training they received from a local firm.

On Memorial Day, and on other special occasions,A Lawrence Harris would faithfully raise a glass toA toast Frank Parks, an Army buddy killed inA World War II.

Two armed men accosted two women at gunpoint Thursday night in Stafford County as the women were leaving a friend's residence, and one of the men fired a shot through a window in the home, police said.

At least 100 Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce members showed up Thursday to Hope Springs Marina for the "Business After Hours" event.

Virginia counties are hoping residents decide to buy a glass and take a wine tour to help boost tourism over Father's Day weekend.

Here are hot spot traffic areas from the Virginia Department of Transportation for the Fredericksburg region: Interstate 95 Tuesday - Friday , 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.; crews will be repairing guardrail at various locations along north and southbound I-95 between the Caroline/Hanover county line and the Stafford/Prince William county line.

Pro golfer Stephanie Jennings will be participating in a charity golf game on May 30 at Augustine Golf Club in Stafford County.

A Spotsylvania woman was cleared Wednesday of charges stemming from a Oct. 6 dispute outside the Stafford County Judicial Center.

The Joe Vex Band will probably play something you want to hear over the course of the evening--eclectic tastes guarantee plenty of genre-hopping for great party tracks.

Virginia State Police say 34-year-old Octavius and Obadiah Toppin were arrested in Stafford County just before 4 a.m. Thursday.

Virginia State Police say 34-year-old Octavius and Obadiah Toppin were arrested in Stafford County just before 4 a.m. Thursday.

A Virginia State Trooper nabbed a pair of Florida murder suspects after stopping them on Interstate 95 in Stafford County early Thursday morning.

Many thousands of drivers will go through the Fredericksburg area this weekend as part of their Memorial Day travels.

Tuesday, 6/5 Board of Supervisors The Stafford County Board of Supervisors will meet at 3 p.m and again at 7 p.m. at the George L. Gordon Jr.