After a night of heavy downpours, some roads are covered in water.

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A Stafford County couple was robbed early Monday by two masked intruders who forced them to walk around their home naked, police said. Sheriff Charles Jett said the incident started about 12:30 a.m. in Widewater Village off U.S. 1 in the northern part of the county. A man, his wife and their 10-month-old child were sleeping when they were awakened by two men, one displaying a knife....

The Civil War didn't just lay waste to armies. It devastated civilians and communities, too. Spotsylvania County, which experienced four major battles in less than three years, was among the hardest hit such places....

Sen. Mark Warner stopped in Fredericksburg on Monday to discuss the future of Internet access locally and nationally. Warner visited the University of Mary Washington to speak during a workshop on federal funding for broadband Internet....

A small but growing number of federal employees have another way to avoid commuting traffic. They are teleworking, which allows some to skip going into the office once or more a week. It isn't a new concept, but evolving mobile technology means there are different ways to do it....

LOCALLY "Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service in the Closing Days of the Civil War." Wednesday, May 23. Author David W. Gaddy, former senior cryptologic executive with the National Security Agency, will address the Civil War Round Table of Fredericksburg. Gaddy, "the pre-eminent expert pertaining to Civil War-era espionage," is co-author of the breakthrough history book "Come Retribution: The Confederate Secret Service and the Assassination of Lincoln." UMW's Jepson Alumni Executive Center, 1119 Hanover St. Bar opens 5:45 p.m.; social, 6 p.m.; dinner, 6:45 p.m.; program, 7:30 p.m. Reservations required, 540/361-2105. Coat and tie, equivalent attire for ladies. $30/members, $35/others--cash or check at door; civilwarroundtablefredericks burg.com....

By RUSTY DENNEN A division of the Silver Cos. is suing two conservation agencies and two of their employees over a conservation easement that was never completed....

One of the first questions Sen. Mark Warner had for supporters of the planned Dahlgren Heritage Museum was one every organizer wants to hear. "What can I do to help?" he asked....

A Louisa county man facing first-degree murder charges for the death of an elderly Orange County man appeared in Orange County General District Court last week.