Drivers will be detoured 5 miles around the closure; Work is expected to be complete in approximately three months, weather permitting
Route 677 Bridge over Herring Creek in Caroline to close Monday for pipe replacement
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Rappahannock Area Health District COVID-19 weekly average numbers
What do the local coronavirus numbers look like?
VIDEO: DMV–Seat Belts Are Essential for Passenger Safety
”Click It or Ticket!” Campaign Video Illustrates Dangers of Driving Unbuckled
VIDEO: Fredericksburg Salvation Army needs Christmas kettle bell ringers
The Fredericksburg Salvation Army needs your help with Angel Tree and Christmas kettle bell ringers and donations. registertoring.org
Better Business Bureau of Central Virginia offers helps for holiday shopping
“Shop Safe. Shop Smart.”
PHOTOS: Ristorante Renato helps feed the community on Thanksgiving
Ristorante Renato in downtown Fredericksburg provided 246 free Thanksgiving meals in the community on Thanksgiving.
PHOTOS: The Christmas windows at Whittingham–for kids and adults
As usual, a crowd gathered in downtown Fredericksburg at 6pm on Thanksgiving night as the curtain came down in the windows at Whittingham and The Kitchen at Whittingham at 1019 and 1021 Caroline Street for the annual Christmas windows.
VIDEO: The mice are back! Whittingham Christmas windows return downtown
Behind the scenes with Bob Whittingham, Linda Silk Sviland and Tom Rainey as the 2020 Christmas windows at Whittingham and The Kitchen at Whittingham are built on Caroline Street in downtown Fredericksburg.
Rappahannock Health District continues to see high number of new COVID cases
The Rappahannock Area Health District reports 100 new COVID-19 cases.
PHOTOS: Happy socially distanced Thanksgiving!
A socially distanced Turkey Trot. Some runners still came out and used the roads and trails around the Rosner YMCA in Spotsylvania and Patriot Park. Safe and the tradition continues!
VIDEO: Christmas windows seen tonight at Whittingham downtown. Here’s the 2019 windows
6pm tonight a Thanksgiving tradition downtown at Whittingham and the Kitchen at Whittingham on Caroline Street. This year’s Christmas windows are revealed. Here are the windows last year
Be alert. Stove fires are a major problem on Thanksgiving
Did you know that Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires?
VIDEO: Frying a turkey? Stafford Fire and Rescue shows what can happen if you’re not super careful
Too much oil + oil too hot + a frozen turkey = a recipe for disaster
PHOTOS: It’s (coming) back! Whittingham’s Christmas windows unveiled at 6pm Thursday
What’s behind the windows? We’ll find out Thanksgiving night at 6.
VIDEO: Area health care professionals on edge because of rising COVID-19 numbers
Mary Washington Healthcare officials say healthcare workers in the region are concerned about the high COVID-19 numbers currently in the region.
COVID-19 weekly averages in the Rappahannock Area Health District
Coronavirus numbers in the region continue to rise
The Weather Channel predicts heavy rain for us early next week.
Wet weather headed our way to end the holiday weekend
AUDIO: Town Talk/Fredericksburg Salvation Army
Fredericksburg Salvation Army Captain Shauntrice Williams talks about Christmas bell ringing–register to ring.org–and Angel Tree. You’re needed as a bell ringer and getting involved with buying gifts for area kids.
A mild Thanksgiving tomorrow
The National Weather Service says dry and a bit milder today with more clouds. Rain arriving this evening, but starting to dry out with milder temperatures on Thanksgiving.
Teenager arrested for fatal shooting in Fredericksburg
Isaiah Landry charged with first degree murder
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