The Free Lance-Star

The Free Lance-Star

The Free Lance–Star is the main daily newspaper serving Fredericksburg, Virginia, and its surrounding areas. Its distribution covers the city of Fredericksburg and parts of several counties, including Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, Caroline, Culpeper, Fauquier, Louisa, Orange, Prince William, and Westmoreland. The newspaper began on January 27, 1885, when Col. John W. Woltz and William E. Bradley launched it as a twice-weekly paper to meet the local community's news and advertising needs. In its first year, a subscription cost $1.50. In 1900, the Free Lance merged with its rival, The Fredericksburg Daily Star. The two newspapers operated independently until 1926, when they were united under the guidance of Josiah P. Rowe Jr. to create The Free Lance–Star, which is published six days a week.

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  • 1 day ago | fredericksburg.com | Eileen Ogintz

    Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.

  • 3 days ago | fredericksburg.com | Cathy Dyson

    Sen. Tim Kaine wanted to hear the personal stories of those who would be affected by proposed federal cuts to food benefits — and he certainly got his wish during a Monday session at the Fredericksburg Regional Food Bank. About a dozen people from the Fredericksburg region gathered at a roundtable that included the U.S. senator and Del. Joshua Cole, who represents Fredericksburg and surrounding counties in the Virginia House of Delegates.

  • 3 days ago | fredericksburg.com | Cathy Dyson

    Stafford County residents in three precincts who plan to vote in the June 17 Democratic primary will have go to different polling places. Locations have been moved from three schools because of extensive work being done this month, according to a news release. The changes affect these locations:Brooke Point High School, Precinct 402: Brooke voters will go to Stafford Elementary School, 1349 Courthouse Road, Stafford.

  • 3 days ago | fredericksburg.com | Nicole Caldwell

  • 4 days ago | fredericksburg.com | Madison Troyer

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