STAFFORD COUNTY

Stafford County, Virginia, is using an innovative way to test for COVID-19. The results will help the country better understand how the virus spreads. News4’s Justin Finch reports on how this study is collecting samples.

A Stafford County board member who just came out of quarantine says she has a plan to help others. Tinesha Allen says she had a multitude of symptoms. “I had a really high fever, almost 103, and everything was just hot,” she said. She was just released from isolation this week. She was at home, but it was a lonely…

After experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus, one Stafford County board member put herself in isolation. She shared her experience to let others know what that time was like. News4’s Darcy Spencer has the story.

A Stafford County, Virginia, woman found a way to send messages of hope and happiness while social distancing. Kara Colucci, founder of Card My Yard, builds signs and cards in front of homes for all kinds of occasions. She has assembled signs that wish a happy birthday and send love and congratulations. Over the past few weeks, Kara and her…

A Virginia woman’s side business is picking up during this economic slump. She builds signs and cards in front of homes for all types of occasions. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder shows how she’s using her business to say thank you to the heroes.

Strong storms have created dangerous conditions across the region. News4’s Justin Finch reports in Stafford County.

A Virginia father was called a hero after he ran into a burning home in Stafford County and rescued the family inside.

A former marine helped pull a family to safety after he noticed their home was on fire.

A farmer in Stafford County, Virginia, received an unwelcome Valentine’s Day gift when authorities say he discovered a man trying to steal goats from his property.

A Virginia woman who posed as a psychologist and treated dozens of children was convicted Wednesday in Stafford County. Sharonda Avery entered pleas to nine felony counts and could serve decades in prison. She dodged News4’s cameras and offered silence in response to questions angry parents want answered. “Why did you present yourself as a psychologist when you never...

A Virginia woman who claimed to be a psychologist though she never graduated from college entered pleas to nine felony counts Wednesday. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

A 17-year-old was found guilty Wednesday of killing a man outside a convenience store in Stafford County, Virginia, last summer. Caine Davis was found guilty on charges of first-degree murder in the July 3 death of 20-year-old Troy Barnett. He was also found guilty of aggravated malicious wounding for nearly killing an 18-year-old woman who was with Barnett. Prosecutors said…

A Virginia woman accused of abducting her four children in June was arrested Wednesday morning in Indiana, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Stafford County detectives and members of the U.S. Marshals Service found 34-year-old Melody Bannister; her three daughters, ages 13, 12 and 11; and her 7-year-old son about 2:30 a.m. in a car at a gas station…

Deputies and U.S. marshals arrested a Virginia woman in Indiana and charged her with abducting her four children. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke with the father.

A former Virginia high school track coach was sentenced Wednesday to four years in prison for attempting to lure students into prostitution. Delvin Jackson, who coached track at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford County, was found guilty last year on multiple counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor and soliciting prostitution. Jackson told students they could make money…

Virginia authorities say a black man seen wearing a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood at a Virginia shopping center told sheriff’s deputies he was performing a social experiment.

One of three teens charged in connection to the killing of a Stafford County man testified against the accused gunman. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has the details. (Courtroom sketches by Bill Hennessy)

The killing of a man outside a convenience store in Stafford County, Virginia, last summer was over marijuana, according to the testimony Tuesday of one of the three teenagers charged. Wearing shackles around his ankles, Chris Walters took the stand to testify against Caine Davis, who is accused of pulling the trigger. Walters testified that on July 3, he, Davis…

A Stafford, Virginia, man was arrested by a Stafford County sheriff’s deputy early Thursday morning when he was discovered passed out in the parking lot of a Motel 6 in Fredericksburg with an 8-year-old sleeping in the backseat.

A young cadet visiting home for Thanksgiving died when his SUV hit a tree in Stafford County, Virginia, over the weekend. News4’s Julie Carey reports.