The National Weather Service in Sterling has issued a tornado watch for Stafford County and the surrounding areas.

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An October trial date has been set for the former Manassas teacher accused of sexually assaulting three underage girls at his Stafford County home.

STAFFORD — A local pastor from Mount Hope Baptist Church in Stafford County has pleaded guilty for molesting a teenage boy in the mid-1980s.

QUANTICO — A 21-gun salute and the haunting sound of Echo Taps brought tears to many eyes at Quantico National Cemetery on Monday as more than 1,500 gathered in remembrance of the sacrifice of those who have died in service to the nation

STAFFORD — Stafford County won’t be limiting the number of unrelated people living in a single-family residence or defining the term family anytime soon, if the planning commission has a say.

BEREA — As medical personnel were removing staples from Jeff Leonard’s head last week, construction workers were stapling tarps to houses.

STAFFORD — County Administrator Anthony Romanello has asked Fire Chief Rob Brown to speak before the Stafford County Board of Supervisors next month in response to concerns raised at a May 12 meeting of more than 100 county volunteer firefighters.

QUANTICO — The parking lot of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico was packed with motorcycles bearing American flags and cars adorned with Marine Corps bumper stickers as hundreds participated in the museum’s Memorial Day activities.

STAFFORD — The Stafford County School Board met Tuesday, drawing parents and other proponents of a Spanish program at Hampton Oaks Elementary School that is in danger of being cut. 

STAFFORD —Dominion Virginia Power is looking to get more money from its customers.

STAFFORD — Parks and recreation Director Chris Hoppe recently announced plans to implement phases three and five of the Belmont-Ferry Farms Trail, and bike and pedestrian trail that would eventually extend from Belmont all the way to Butler Road. 

The Bluemont in Fredericksburg Committee is calling for volunteers and sponsors to help with its 2008 season of summer concerts. 

STAFFORD — Terrell Wilson, 25, of Long Branch Way in Fredericksburg, was asleep in his car wearing only a black T-shirt on the side of U.S. 1 at about 5:30 a.m. on May 25.

The following is taken from calls to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Officer from May 19-26:

A Stafford teen is among 10 youths charged with assault by mob, robbery and malicious wounding.

NORTH STAFFORD — There were no visible signs of protest outside of North Stafford High School on Wednesday morning, but that didn’t mean teachers there were not galvanized for a cause.

STAFFORD — The creation of a Potomac Resource Protection Overlay District proved to be a controversial subject at the May 20 meeting of the Stafford County Board of Supervisors.

STAFFORD — In the year 2007, 1,026 people died on Virginia’s roadways, according to preliminary numbers from the Department of Motor Vehicles’ Virginia Highway Safety Office. 

WOODBRIDGE — Law enforcement from around the region gathered in Prince William County on Tuesday afternoon for the announcement of the $1.5 million in new funding for two task forces that investigate and catch online child sex predators.

A former Fredericksburg City Councilman and funeral home director is in the process of reapplying for his funeral director’s license after loosing it for forgery.

The selfless service and sacrifice of soldiers and families from the Virginia Army National Guard’s A Company, 116th Brigade Special Troops Battalion was honored Sunday during a Freedom Salute at the Fredericksburg Armory.

The following is taken from calls to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office from May 12-19: 

Doctors for the Massachusetts Democrat say tests conducted after Kennedy suffered a seizure this weekend show a tumor in his left parietal lobe

BEREA — The North England Run Storm Response Service Center was closed on Sunday.

BEREA — Rocky Run Road in southern Stafford County remains closed due to a road collapse. The gaping hole in the road has effectively cut off through transit from Holly Corner to Berea. 

Heavy rain and thunder storms expected.

As the cleanup and recover efforts continue, one man is saying that he has been told by Sheriff’s Deputies to stay out of the England Run neighborhood of Stafford County.

If you live in a flood-prone area, be prepared to take action as storms move into the Northern Virginia area, warns the National Weather Service.

Local officials say reservoir is “completely full,” barring any need for new water restrictions.