Fredericksburg

The terrible mistake was discovered by another family, the Medinas, who had gone to visit their son’s grave on Sept. 29, a day before the sixth anniversary of his death at age 19.

A gravesite mix-up led to a Fredericksburg woman being buried in a plot owned by another family next to their late son. News4’s Julie Carey spoke to the two families, who were devastated by this terrible mistake.

Kindergarten, sixth and ninth-grade students visited their new buildings and met their teachers before the school year started. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

A tractor-trailer driver was charged after a violent crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County, Virginia, killed two drivers and closed a portion of the highway for hours on Wednesday. The driver was hauling 78,000 pounds of beer and trying to change lanes when he hit a car, authorities said. Tractor-trailer driver Wheelman G. Andrews, 58, of Carrollton, was charged…

A crash killed two people on northbound Interstate 95 in Stafford County and caused hours of delays for travelers returning home after the Fourth of July. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

Northbound I-95 has major delays in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area.

Northbound I-95 has major delays in the Fredericksburg, Virginia, area due to a multi-vehicle crash with a tractor-trailer.

U.S. marshals took two teenagers into custody in the shooting death of an 18-year-old high school student in Fredericksburg, Virginia, last month.

A high school student who was months away from graduation was shot and killed Sunday in Fredericksburg, Virginia, police say.

Jasiah Smith was set to graduate from James Monroe High School in a few months. News4’s Julie Carey reports police are hoping someone will come forward with information in his killing.

A high school student who was months away from graduation was shot and killed Sunday in Fredericksburg, Virginia, police say.

A high school student was shot and killed Sunday in Fredericksburg, Virginia, police say.

Fredericksburg, Virginia’s history has long focused on George Washington’s boyhood home and the Civil War, but an effort to reveal a rich Civil Rights history has led to a newly dedicated trail. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

A sheriff’s lieutenant in Fredericksburg saved a young woman’s life on a bridge, all while dressed as Mrs. Claus.

A Fredericksburg police sergeant and sheriff’s lieutenant saved a woman from going over the edge of a bridge. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

A major change in direction is being planned for the I-95 express lanes in Northern Virginia. Right now, those lanes operate in rush hour directions only. But Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss says that concept is likely headed for a U-turn.

The ancestral roots of the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were revealed Friday as part of a project created to recognize the city’s Black residents. Representatives of families with deep roots in Virginia gathered together on the auditorium stage at James Monroe High School. They submitted their DNA for the research months ago to learn more...

The ancestral roots of the ten oldest African American families in Fredericksburg, Virginia, were revealed Friday as part of a project created to recognize the city’s Black residents. News4’s Julie Carey reports.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on efforts to help the Empowerhouse domestic violence shelter in Fredericksburg recover after a fire.

A domestic violence shelter in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is forced to rebuild itself after a damaging fire sparked by a lightning strike in July.