Spotsylvania County firefighters and local businesses donated money and time to a family that was in an accident on Interstate 95, a county spokeswoman said. The family--a husband and wife, their two children and 3-year-old grandchild--was traveling south near Thornburg last week when their truck, which was pulling a camper, overturned....

BY BRIAN BAER Doubters, step aside....

Police have determined that the adults who were supervising a 9-year-old boy who is alleged to have stolen iPhones last week are indeed his parents. According to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, the boy stole a phone from an employee at the AT&T retail store on Southpoint Parkway in Spotsylvania on Feb. 2 while his mother distracted the victim....

Spotsy man accused of molesting teen A Spotsylvania County man was jailed without bond Wednesday after being accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl....

A Culpeper town police officer shot and killed a woman following an altercation in a Catholic school parking lot on North East Street on Thursday. An employee of Epiphany Catholic School, operated by Precious Blood Catholic Church, called police about 10 a.m. to report suspicious activity by someone in a Jeep Wrangler outside the building....

AN INCIDENT that occurred almost unnoticed earlier this week could very well have grave implications for America and the world. With violence in Syria escalating, a number of countries, including the United States, had sought a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the actions of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad....

Mary Washington Hospital has scored much better than the state and national averages in preventing central line infections in its seriously ill patients. New data published by the federal government describe the Fredericksburg hospital as "better than the national benchmark" for central-line-associated bloodstream infections in patients in its intensive care unit....

SPOTSYLVANIA County fans of Kobe Japanese Steak and Seafood House no longer have to drive to Garrisonville to get their sushi, sashimi and teriyaki fix. Owner Tony Shih opened a second location Monday in the former Ozeki Japanese Steak & Seafood House in Southpoint II in Massaponax....

RICHMOND--A bill that would have banned the practice of "fox penning" has been postponed until next year, with instructions to the game department to determine whether its regulations are adequate. The Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee voted to carry over Sen. David Marsden's bill, after more than an hour of testimony before an overflow crowd of animal-rights activists and hunting advocates....

RICHMOND--General Assembly Democrats, out of power now in both chambers, say Republicans are pushing through too many social-issue bills. But Republicans say the bills Democrats are complaining about constitute only about 3 percent of the bills lawmakers are dealing with....