No students reported exposure to narcotics but were checked out as a precaution; their classroom was professionally cleaned.
Spotsylvania second-grade teacher arrested after drugs found in classroom
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Spotsylvania supervisors alarmed by calls from seniors about taxes
In other business, supervisors voted to increase cigarette tax to 40 cents per pack.
Riverbend High School names new principal
Veteran educator Chawrdi Elliott hired to lead the school’s staff after previously serving as an assistant principal at Stafford High School.
Hot mic catches Spotsylvania School Board rep mocking constituent
Meeting concludes prematurely — again — after board members can’t adhere to agenda.
Spotsylvania man, 18, killed after motorcycle crashes into car
Victim was traveling south on Tidewater Trail when his motorcycle with a Dodge Charger.
Spotsylvania School Board meeting to resume tonight at 6
The Spotsylvania School Board abruptly ended late Monday night by Board chair Dr. Lorita Daniels after several interruptions by School Board members April Gillespie and Lisa Phelps.
WATCH: 160 years ago today–Fighting at the Bloody Angle
Frank O’Reilly with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park calls the Bloody Angle in Spotsylvania, “one of the most brutal places on the face of the earth.”
WATCH: The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse and the Bloody Angle–Why?
Frank O’Reilly with the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park talks about conditions in the country in 1864 and how the Presidential election was influencing the war.
PHOTOS: Telling the Bloody Angle story in Spotsylvania
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park Historian Frank O’Reilly led a program on the eve of the 160th anniversary of the fighting.
WATCH: Civil War earthworks remain a reminder of the intensity of the conflict
Many of the area battlefields still contain earthworks–man-made defenses used during the Civil War.
WATCH: What you should see on the Wilderness and Spotsylvania battlefields
It’s the 160th anniversary of the Overland Campaign in the Civil War at Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Standoff with wanted Spotsylvania man ends in apparent suicide
Authorities were attempting to arrest the 41-year-old man on two felony charges related to an alleged sexual assault of a minor.
WATCH: A new firearms training facility for the Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy
Two acres purchased in Spotsylvania–now it’s time to raise money for the project.
Early morning fatal fire in Spotsylvania
52-year old woman dies in early morning fire on Duerson Road
Park programs mark 160th anniversary of the Overland Campaign
Multiple events invite guests onto the battlefields.
Just cause? Spotsylvania School Board reps demand answers on superintendent’s firing
Board also approved a final fiscal year 2025 budget during a contentious Thursday night meeting.
LISTEN: Autism Awareness Day founder in Spotsy wants to see it go statewide
Jaimie Ashton says she’s working with Delegate Josh Cole to increase the reach of the event.
Public engaged in Spotsylvania superintendent search
Nearly 2,100 responses received from online survey in a little more than a week.
Zoning defense? Spotsylvania supervisors aim to limit vape shops with revised ordinance
Supervisors want to limit both visibility of the shops and their proximity to schools.
WATCH: Yakabouski makes his pitch for a regional transportation authority
Spotsylvania Supervisor Chris Yakabouski says the authority might work if local governments developed a list of projects that benefited the region.
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