Prince William County received no official bids to construct a town center inside the technology park near Manassas

Parents of some students who attend Ashland Elementary School don’t want their children transferred to McAuliffe Elementary School.

Movie Review: 'Dark Shadows'

Robert E. Lee. Jeff Davis. Ulysses S. Grant. Ladies in crinoline skirts, artillerists with Stribling's Battery, cavalrymen, U.S. Colored Troops, the 2nd South Carolina String Band, tintype photographer Robert Szabo, sharpshooter "Kansas" Tom Johnson, blacksmith Edgar Harrison and war correspondent Theodore Davis....

The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled Spotsylvania's School Board erred in not awarding its custodial contract to the lowest bidder two years ago. As a result, the School Board voted this week to change providers, effective July 1....

U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman wants the Defense Department to evaluate and report to Congress on how American military leaders in Afghanistan decide to release detainees. But Adam Cook, his Democratic opponent in this fall's election for the 1st District seat--who once helped make those decisions in Afghanistan--says Wittman is politicizing the issue and undercutting military leaders' authority....

Tuition at Germanna Community College will increase $5.50 per credit hour, or $16.50 for the average three-credit hour course, beginning this fall, the Virginia Community College System announced Thursday. "It pains us--and any community college--to see tuition increased," Germanna President David A. Sam said in a statement....

Thomas Hedlund, Kenneth Mossberg, Patrik Boyagi and Magnus Thunberg began playing soccer together when they were 8 years old. Except for their college years in the 1990s, the four friends from Gothenburg, Sweden, haven't been apart for an extended period of time since. They still meet once a week to play the game that initially brought them together....

A Fredericksburg woman claims she was rewarded for doing a good deed by being kicked and robbed, police said. According to city police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe, the incident occurred about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday after the victim found an iPhone next to the 7-Eleven on Lafayette Boulevard....

PEOPLE WHO LIVE near a recently shuttered Spotsylvania County sports bar have been walking by to see when their local gathering place will reopen. New owners Shakimah Torres and her fiance, Daren Washington, say they hope to get the ABC license for Hackers N Duffers in time to relaunch the golfing-themed restaurant at 4532 Plank Road on June 1....