Stafford County: Drone, K-9 dog used to apprehend man on the run from State Police
A 22-year-old driver led Virginia State Police on a pursuit after an initial stop on Interstate 95 southbound in Stafford County.
A 22-year-old driver led Virginia State Police on a pursuit after an initial stop on Interstate 95 southbound in Stafford County.

White working-class evangelicals voted en masse for Donald Trump to give a platform to Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to call them “lazy,” “mediocre” and “retarded.”
Remember the 27-second press conference with Jim Larrañaga after Miami had lost 60-38 to the UVA Basketball team back in February?
Augusta County Administrator Tim Fitzgerald made the call on Nov. 15 to terminate the contract with a Roanoke-based consultant that the county had hired in 2023.
A slumlord who took advantage of Black renters in Hampton and Newport News was sentenced to 17 years in prison for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and race-based interference with housing and employment.
Waynesboro City Council will decide the fate of cottage court housing to address affordability issues at its Jan. 13 organizational meeting.

Sunday’s game with American U. was a classic setup for what we call in the sportswriter business a “trap game” for the UVA Basketball team.
Virginia closed the game out going 7-of-8 at the line in the final 24 seconds. Don’t say I didn’t warn you that this one had trap game written all over it. American should have won this game. Credit to the Virginia kids for, in the moment, gutting it out.
The Blue Ridge Parkway has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, one of 19 new sites named this week.
A Saturday night vigil beginning at the Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg will bring attention to the ongoing devastation in Gaza.
Local news is in “serious jeopardy,” according to experts. Pitch in and help AFP continue to deliver news to the Valley, Virginia and beyond.