Local News

Planning This Party Years In The Making • Fredericksburg native makes big plans for her 100th birthday party, just like her mother did before her

Retiring Evers Put Academy On Map • The academy's director shines a light on what the academy has gone through since it opened 30 years ago

'Murder By Mob' Alleged • Eight men charged with murder by mob in teen's November death

Food Or Fuel? A Hungry World Awaits U.S. Answer • Food or fuel? A hungry world awaits the answer

Buffalo Soldiers' Motorcycle Ride Tomorrow Will Benefit Local Domestic-Violence Shelter • Buffalo Soldiers motorcycle club sponsors ride to benefit domestic violence shelter

Ukrop'S, Pratt Partner For Clinic • Ukrop's and Pratt Medical Center are joining to place a primary-care clinic in the State Route 3 grocery

Police Briefs • Culpeper to beef up seat-belt-use checks

Regional Briefs • Road in Stafford closing for work

Summer Concerts For Charity Start In Ladysmith Village On May 17 • Summer concerts for charity start in Ladysmith Village on May 17

Mother Will Be Extradited On Charges Of Abduction • Spotsylvania woman extradited on charges of abducting her daughter

Dominion Proposal Awaits Comments • Public can comment on Dominion power proposal that would increase customers' electric bills starting July 1

Sports

Jm, Chargers: A Day Of Firsts • Battlefield District track

Black-Hawks, Wildcats Rule Commonwealth • Commonwealth District track

Commonwealth Track Results • Commonwealth District track summary

Drifters Wrap Up Tidewater District Baseball Crown • High school roundup

Battlefield Track Summary • Battlefield District track summary

Commonwealth Pairings • High school district tournament pairings

Eagle Girls Claim Two Track Wins • Cedar Run District track

Shegog Invited To Trials • Shegog invited to national team tryouts

Tv Sports Highlights • TV sports highlights

Bowling Scores • Bowling scores

Jacoby Learns To Pace Himself • Recreation feature

Indians' Reik Heads To Mcdaniel • Recreation notes

Abell Joins Ut-Martin Team • Betsy Carter's Horse Scene

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Johnson On Dl, Young Returns • Nationals notebook

Bergmann Justifies His Recall With Gem • Nationals 1, Mets 0

Recreation Calendar • Recreation calendar

Editorial

• The Mountain State says "no" to Obama

• The Spotsylvanians' spring concert is this weekend

• LibertyTown marks five years of providing studio space for local working artists

Opinion columns

Deep-Six The Libertarian Dream? No, Sir! • Give up on Milton Friedman? Nothing doing

Life

Pick Up Pace, Add Candles To Your Cake • The number of people living to be 100 continues to grow. Will that be the case, far into the future?

Business

Area Gas Prices For Friday, May 16 • Area gas prices for Friday, May 16

Banks Get Tougher With Loan Standards • Seminar focuses on financing available for small-business owners

Perfect Storm Feeds Global Food Crisis • Boomers and Beyond. Coverging forces are squeezing us

Real Estate

Lovely, Lush And Resilient • For Linda Hostetler of The Plains, the garden is the place to be

You Can Help The Good Bugs Win The Battle • Bad bugs versus good bugs

SPECIAL REPORT: Five years ago, the FBI and Virginia State Police said they were running forensic tests to determine every crime serial killer Richard Marc Evonitz committed. Instead, they relentlessly pursued another man. Today, the families of at least three slain women are left without answers. Click here to read this special report.

SPECIAL REPORT: Ready to Roll Reporter Rusty Dennen and Photographer Mike Morones spent three days in late August embedded with Delta Company's 3rd Platoon, a Fredericksburg National Guard unit headed to Kuwait as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Click here to see the series.

SPECIAL REPORT: Sisters, worlds apart. Free Lance-Star reporter Frank Delano visited Prince's Town, Fredericksburg's new sister city, during a July trip to Ghana, where he served in the Peace Corps 40 years ago. Check out the series.

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