Thursday: Humid; heavy p.m. t-storms, with a high of 87 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 85, low: 65.
Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Spotsylvania supervisors vote on limit to Industrial land dedicated to data centers (fredericksburgfreepress.com) — Spotsylvania County supervisors just capped data centers at 45% of all industrial-zoned land, signaling a clear slowdown for new projects that could affect nearby neighborhoods and resources. The 3–2 vote, with one supervisor absent and one seat vacant, follows strong resident pushback and means only about 2,773 more industrial acres can be used for future data centers unless the board revisits the limit.
• Trial opens in Spotsylvania murder case over teenage prank (fredericksburg.com) — Jurors have begun hearing sharply conflicting accounts in a Spotsylvania murder trial over the shooting death of an 18-year-old county high school senior, reportedly tied to a teenage prank gone wrong. The case, involving a Spotsylvania man accused of firing the fatal shots, is drawing close attention from local families concerned about youth safety and gun use in neighborhood disputes.
LGPS Bus Evacuation Drill - Rear Exit Locust Grove Primary School Locust Grove, VA 22508 8:45 am
Girls' Basketball @ FTB (Tournament) Locust Grove Middle 205 Grandview Ave, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA 5:00 pm
Girls' Basketball -Away Locust Grove Middle 205 Grandview Ave, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA 5:00 pm
Friday August 28
Reptiles Alive! → Lake Anna State Park, 6800 Lawyers Rd, Spotsylvania Courthouse 2:00 pm
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REMINDER: Milestone Towers Community Meeting for Proposed 195' Monopole. WHEN: Wednesday, August 26, 2026, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Salem Church Public Library Meeting Room, located at 2607 Salem Church Road,… (Nextdoor )
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🗞 Nearby News
Fredericksburg
VCU Health to open new clinical space in Fredericksburg (vcuhealth.org)
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