Local News | Fredericksburg, VA (2024)

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On December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia repulses a series of attacks by General Ambrose Burnside's Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Eunice Appiah says she's eternally grateful to the volunteers who showed up Saturday to assist in a search that ended with her missing son, 22-year-old Darius Joshua Appiah, being found deceased in Hazel Run in Fredericksburg.

Speeding and Aggressive Driving

Speeding is the top cause of traffic accidents in Virginia and a top cause nationwide.

Governor Northam amended Executive Order 72, easing public health restrictions while still mitigating the spread of COVID-19. Virginia will still maintain a Safer at Home strategy with continued physical distancing, teleworking, and mask requirements.

With nearly 200,000 combatants—the greatest number of any Civil War engagement—Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War.

General Burnside's campaign at Fredericksburg did not go as planned, in part because the battle introduced obstacles his men had never before encountered. General Burnside's troops reach the Rappahannock River to find that the pontoons they need to cross the river have not arrived.

Notable African American newspapers in Virginia today include the New Journal and Guide, Roanoke Tribune, and Richmond Free Press.

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Yong Hui Zhang, 24, was found murdered after leaving his parents' China Express Restaurant in Fredericksburg to make some deliveries. Two suspects are in custody after a violent abduction and carjacking, according to police.

(WRIC) — The search for a missing Mechanicsville woman has come to a close, with a homicide case now opened, after her remains were found approximately an hour and a half from where she disappeared.

A Stafford County man missing since Jan. 24 has been found dead in a Fredericksburg creek, police confirmed Saturday afternoon. Darius Joshua Appiah, 22, was found about 10:30 a.m. in Hazel Run during a Saturday search party organized by his family and powered by dozens of volunteers.

ABC 13 (WSET-Roanoke) | Roanoke, VA 24016.

WSLS-TV (channel 10) is a television station licensed to Roanoke, Virginia, United States, serving the Roanoke–Lynchburg market as an affiliate of NBC.

WWBT (channel 12) is a television station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, affiliated with NBC.