The week’s top stories:
-A Spotsylvania elementary school assistant principal is on leave as the county sheriff’s office investigates an alleged assault of a 5-year-old student. Taft Coghill Jr. spoke to the child’s mother, who unknowingly invited the administrator into her home.
-Stafford supervisors gave the go-ahead to equip first responders with pharmaceutical needs, and approve an agility course at Pratt Park, but need more time to weigh in on protecting historic properties, Kathy Knotts writes.
–Fredericksburg’s EDA will pay the $225,000 needed to fund a feasibility study with Dominion Energy as the city edges closer to pursuing data centers, reports Joey LoMonaco.
–Sen. Tim Kaine stopped in Spotsylvania to tour the AES solar farm and met their most valuable employees: a flock of sheep. Kathy Knotts joined him on the tour.
-Taft Coghill Jr. reports on another Spotsylvania County teacher in trouble with the law — a chorus teacher who allegedly violated a protective order.
What they’re saying
“People pay thousands of dollars to tour spots overseas, but I get the luxury of seeing it every day.” — Rashard Kelly, a Fredericksburg native who plays professional basketball in Japan.
Go figures (Numbers that made the news)
–$200, the amount of money Babu Brar, an immigrant from India in 1995, had in his pocket when he came to the United States. Now the Stafford County man owns several successful businesses and shared his story at a workforce training summit with Rep. Abigail Spanberger last week.
Pressing on (A look at the week to come)
-A case of eminent domain in Caroline County is being taken to the courts as a landowner challenges the county’s right to parts of his family farm.
