Stafford County

As news of Jason Chamberlain’s death spread through the community, other neighbors came forward to report incidents with Benjamin Spinale in the past.

As news of Jason Chamberlain’s death spread through the community, other neighbors came forward to report incidents with Benjamin Spinale in the past. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.

An off-duty FBI agent will not be charged for shooting and killing a man in Virginia earlier this year. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder explains.

An FBI agent is facing gun charges in connection to a shooting death investigation in Stafford County, Virginia, according to an indictment. A 61-year-old man was shot and killed in February. The sheriff’s office said the victim was a hero, rushing from his nearby home to help officers during an altercation in the street. The sheriff’s office said at...

A man who runs a honeybee farm in Stafford County, Virginia, says someone deliberately poisoned his bees, killing about half the population and costing him an estimated $20,000 in business. Jerry Mattiaccio called the attack personal and cruel. He walked his property Sunday morning and discovered thousands of dead honeybees — pile after pile at the mouth of the boxes…

A man who runs a honeybee farm in Stafford County says someone deliberately poisoned his bees. He spoke with Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder.

One might call it a teacher telethon. Twice this semester, North Stafford High School teachers used their free time or scheduled substitutes to call parents about their child’s excessive absences. Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism has remained an ongoing problem at many schools nationwide. During the 2023-2024 academic year, North Stafford’s chronic absenteeism rate dropped from 30% to 19% with…

North Stafford High School teachers used their free time or scheduled substitutes to call parents about their child’s excessive absences. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office says three relatives assaulted members of law enforcement before the fatal shooting of a neighbor by an off-duty FBI agent. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder spoke to two of those family members who tell a different story.

An off-duty federal law enforcement officer shot and killed a 61-year-old man in Stafford County, Virginia, during a fight about motorcyclists driving recklessly in the man’s neighborhood. But the victim wasn’t one of the motorcyclists — he was a neighbor. About 6:25 p.m. Friday, a man was revving his off-road motorcycle up and down an otherwise quiet Jenny Lynn...

An off-duty federal law enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Stafford County, Virginia, during a fight about motorcyclists driving recklessly in his neighborhood. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports the victim wasn’t one of the motorcyclists but a neighbor.

For the first time this school year, two lab schools opened their doors in Northern Virginia. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey took a look at how one lab school in Stafford works.

A Stafford County, Virginia, teen stole a gun from a sheriff’s office vehicle, authorities said.

A teenage boy was arrested in Stafford County, Virginia, for stealing a gun from the sheriff’s office and making violent threats toward a high school student, authorities say. Deputies started investigating the 15-year-old suspect, who was not named, on Sept. 10, when someone told them about an online threat made against a Brooke Point High School student, the Stafford County…

Problems with the software that generates school bus routes in Stafford County, Virginia, and a shortage of drivers has some families waiting up to two hours for their kids to be picked up. Stafford County Public Schools acknowledged the problem last week — the first week of school — and made improvements over the weekend. But Tameka Franklin, who told…

Some families in Northern Virginia say they’ve waited up to two hours for school buses to arrive. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder reports Stafford County Public Schools is addressing families’ concerns and vowing to fix the problem.

The Engineering Professions and Industries of Construction (EPIC) Center at Stafford High School in Virginia provides students to chance to explore career paths in construction trades or engineering where they get instruction to prepare them for the workforce. News4’s Derrick Ward reports. 

A Virginia volunteer firefighter suffered severe injuries during a controlled fire in which he and two other firefighters — his brother and father — used department equipment without authorization. Alex Byers, a volunteer with the White Oak Volunteer Fire Department, almost died in late May while attempting a controlled burn of yard waste in the backyard of a rural Stafford…

A Virginia volunteer firefighter suffered severe injuries during a controlled brush fire in which he and two other firefighters — his brother and father — used department equipment without authorization. Northern Virginia Reporter Drew Wilder has the story.

Schools wrestle with how to balance the distraction of phones and the need to stay connected to family. News4’s Drew Wilder reports.