The 65th annual 4-H/FFA Fredericksburg Area Junior Livestock Show and Sale was held on May 9 at the Fredericksburg Livestock Exchange. The event attracted 78 4-H'ers from nine counties: Caroline, Essex, Hanover, King George, Lancaster, Northumberland, Spotsylvania, Stafford and Westmoreland....

Today's Marine Corps Historic Half marathon will be the first time Jesse and Jenny Love run together as a couple. Unlike other teams in the race, she'll be running the course in Fredericksburg and he'll be completing the 13.1 miles across the Afghan desert. Jesse, a civilian crew chief of the Delaram fire department at the Forward Operating Base Delaram II in Afghanistan said, "For me it's exciting, very exciting. I'm typically only home 30 days a year, so for us to be able to do something together on opposite ends of the earth is something very special. Almost feels as if we are actually running together."...

FREDERICKSBURG The Economic Development Authority meets at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday for a workshop in the second-floor conference room of City Hall, 715 Princess Anne St....

TRAVEL ALERT Interstate 95...

BY BILL FREEHLING The 330-acre former and perhaps future home of the State Fair of Virginia in Caroline County will be sold to the highest bidder Tuesday....

BY JONAS BEALS A group of Colonial Beach residents is working to oust the town manager....

Three roads in the planned Stafford County Civil War Park will be paved this summer. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday allocated $48,000 to the Friends of Stafford Civil War Sites for the materials needed for the road work....

Culpeper eases rules on parking lots Those who shop and work in downtown Culpeper will be worrying less about getting parking tickets in the future....

DALE CITY--Though ridership figures were down slightly in April, the Virginia Railway Express is planning for future expansion. Overall, the number of commuters taking the trains is up over last year and passenger cars are overcrowded during peak runs....

MORE DETAILS are emerging on the parts of our area included in Verizon Wireless' rollout of 4G LTE network service. And what we've learned so far seems to be good news. The official "launch" came Thursday, but the service has been active in parts of the area since March. We'd like to hear from you both in online comments on this column on Fredericksburg.com and my Tech Toys blog and in email to mikez@freelance star.com. Let me know about:...