STAFFORD COUNTY

Marta Rodriguez went missing in 1989, when her son was just four years old.

After more than 30 years, a Virginia cold case has finally been closed. Jose Rodriguez-Cruz, who is already serving time for the murder of Pamela Butler, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing his wife, Marta, in 1989. And now Rodriguez-Cruz’s son is speaking out, telling News4’s Drew Wilder that as he grew older, he lived in fear...

Authorities in Virginia say that a partially clothed woman broke into a Stafford County home and attacked a man with a pitchfork

A federal appeals court has ruled that sheriff’s deputies in Virginia violated the constitutional rights of a Black man when they arrested him for refusing to identify himself

A woman was in the locker room of a gym in Northern Virginia when a man fell through the ceiling and onto her, officials say.  Brian Anthony Joe, of Woodbridge, was charged with peeping after he fell through the locker room ceiling at Onelife Fitness in Stafford, the county sheriff’s office said Sunday.  Joe, 41, fell through the ceiling...

Democrat Candi King leads GOP challenger Heather Mitchell by a thin margin in the House District 2 special election.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the special election to fill the House of Delegates seat vacated by former Delegate Jennifer Carroll Foy.

A 5-year-old boy in Virginia unintentionally brought a gun to school on Thursday and now the gun’s owner will likely face charges, the Stafford County Sheriff’s office says. The boy had grabbed an adult’s backpack from a car instead of his own, then brought it inside Anne E. Moncure Elementary. The adult’s backpack had a gun inside, authorities say....

“She’s a real sweet lady, and she was scared. It’s just the right thing to do.” Maria Edgar is adding two Good Samaritans to her Christmas list this year, after the pair brought her safely to shore last week along a flooded southern Stafford County road. “These men bent over backwards to help me,” said Edgar. “I’m getting them...

A group that has flown a large Confederate flag along I-95 in Stafford County, Virginia, for years says it removed the flag Wednesday. Road construction is underway in the area. The Virginia Department of Transportation said Wednesday that the department acquired 10 parcels of land along the highway to build an express lane ramp. On one of the parcels of…

Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder was in court when Sharonda Avery was sentenced to 11 years for posing as a psychologist.

A Virginia woman who pretended to be a psychologist, treating hundreds of patients and even testifying as a medical expert during custody hearings in court, was sentenced Friday to 11 years in prison. Family after family testified in court in Stafford County on Friday about the damage done by Sharonda Avery. These families trusted Avery so much and were so…

After their classmate died in a crash on her birthday, students at Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Virginia, decided they couldn’t sit by and let the same thing happen to someone else. News4’s Pat Collins shows us how they fought to change the system, and save lives.

Helen’s Law gives local governments the authority to clear overgrown vegetation that could become road hazards.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on Stafford County tracking the spread of COVID-19 through wastewater.

Tests performed on sewage from homes in part of Northern Virginia indicate more COVID-19 cases than what other testing methods have found.  Stafford County is having its wastewater analyzed to detect the virus.  “What they can determine is the genetic fragments of the virus still in the wastewater,” public works director Jason Towery explained.  The county’s water treatment plants...

Stafford County students started a new virtual school year Monday. News4’s Drew Wilder reports on how the district is helping students without internet access.

The new pilot program underway in Stafford County is aiming to bridge the internet access gap ahead of the school year. Northern Virginia bureau chief Julie Carey shows the new technology.

A Northern Virginia woman says she was brought to tears when three young people stopped and ran to her rescue after a car crash in Stafford County. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

Federal authorities are suing a northern Virginia county over zoning regulations that prohibit an Islamic organization from developing a religious cemetery on land it had purchased for that purpose