The body of a child has been found in the area of Old Hickory Golf Club off Asdee Lane near the Pfitzner stadium.

The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat.

Police have arrested a 48-year-old man in the beating and sexual assault of a 79-year-old Prince William County woman.

STAFFORD — A man was arrested in Stafford on Wednesday morning for robbing the Carter Bank & Trust in North Stafford. Police say he is strongly suspected of being responsible for numerous bank robberies in the Northern Virginia area.

The following was taken from calls to the Stafford County’s Sheriff’s Office from Dec. 29-Jan. 5:

Charles V. Latimer of Fredericksburg and Odeyra Marie Santiago of Stafford graduated from the University of Oklahoma this past fall with a master’s degree in public adminitration each.

STAFFORD — Four United Van Lines agents were honored for outstanding performance at Cartus’ 2008 Global Network Conference in Washington, D.C. on Oct 27-28. One of those agents was Stafford’s Hilldrup Moving and Storage.

STAFFORD — Dr. Thomas Franck has been the director of the Rappahannock Area Health District since May 2007. As of Jan. 9 he will have officially moved on. 

CHARLOTTESVILLE—The Court of Appeals of Virginia has overturned capital murder and other charges against Anthony Dale Crawford, a Manassas man who was convicted Feb. 9, 2007, of killing his estranged wife in 2004.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Brion F. Donlan has arrived for duty at Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, N.C.

FREDERICKSBURG — When William B. Crawley began teaching there in 1970, Mary Washington College was a school in transition.

NORTH STAFFORD — Jim’s Auto Body on Pine Drive was burglarized sometime between 5 p.m., Jan. 1 and 9:30 a.m. the next day, reported Stafford County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Office Bill Kennedy on Monday.

WOODBRIDGE — When Sam Justice woke up Friday morning last week, he had better things to do than wonder why his work truck was stolen.

Business and tobacco interests said they will fight Gov. Timothy M. Kaine’s latest attempt to prohibit smoking in Virginia restaurants, while public health groups are seeking a broader workplace ban.

Nearly six years into the war in Iraq, the United States military still is having trouble getting spare parts for some armored vehicles it uses there, Rep. Robert J. Wittman, R-1st, said late last month. 

STAFFORD — Stafford Hospital Center is primed to open next month, ahead of schedule.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mark R. Warner took the oath of office as Virginia’s U.S. senator Tuesday, saying he hopes to help steer the country through even tougher economic challenges than faced Virginia when he became governor seven years ago.

WOODBRIDGE — For one family in Manassas, New Year’s Day brought a slew of firsts, as first-time mother Johana Gonzalez, 19, and first-time father Jose Guzman, 18, experienced the 12:30 a.m. grand entrance of their first child, Jazlyn Vanessa Guzman, into the sterile world of Prince William Hospital.

FREDERICKSBURG — A thin, high wail hailed the New Year for the Omitogun family this year.

STERLING — A traveler at Dulles International Airport was discovered to be carrying animal hides late last month, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

STAFFORD — A new school marking period can be difficult for some students, according to Mike Ritonia of Huntington Learning Center in Stafford.

FREDERICKSBURG — Three brothers. All history majors. All Civil War re-enactors. Irish — and very serious about it.

ALEXANDRIA—Gov. Timothy M. Kaine is President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to run the Democratic National Committee, a high-profile post from which the Virginian can steer millions of dollars in cash and services to candidates across the country.

The number of foreclosures in Virginia doubled during the first 11 months of 2008, compared with all of 2007.

CHARLOTTESVILLE — An environmental group is urging that the George Washington National Forest give special protection to the wood turtle, a creature that is becoming increasingly rare in Virginia.

STAFFORD — Work crews set up lane closures on Belvoir Road just inside Pence Gate this week in support of the new hospital construction project.

CAPRON — Winter sunshine slices through a narrow security window and falls on Aloysius Joseph Beyrer’s white hair, slight shoulders and the linen covering his fractured hip.

WOODBRIDGE — Prince William County police have arrested a Dumfries man wanted for murder in Fredericksburg.

The first winter storm watch of the year has been issued for the area, telling motorist they may have to contend with sleet and freezing rain tomorrow afternoon.

WOODBRIDGE — When Sam Justice woke up Friday morning last week, he had better things to do than wonder why his work truck was stolen. To make his day even worse, he didn’t need to think about the fact that it could have been used in a bank robbery.