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Woman delivers baby during winter storm in Stafford Co.

By Samantha Loss

STAFFORD, Va. – A little baby boy decided he couldn’t wait for the winter storm to be over to make his grand entry into the world.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office says its Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a resident in the southern end of the county at 1:44 p.m. Saturday. The man explained that his wife was in labor and their midwife was unable to get to them because of the hazardous winter storm.

The dispatcher stayed on the phone with the father, and walked him through the delivery.

A healthy baby boy was born just a few moments later.

Stafford County officials say mom, the new baby, and the dad are all doing well.

Amid controversy over memorials, group vows more Confederate battle flags along Va. highways

By Max Smith
WASHINGTON — A Virginia group that puts up oversized Confederate battle flags on private property along highways across the state said it plans to install even more of them in response to an effort in Stafford County to get the flags that opponents call racist taken down. “The Va. Flaggers have no plans to remove any of our 26 Roadside Memorial Battle Flags across the Commonwealth, including the Fredericksburg Memorial Battle Flag on I-95 in Stafford County,” the Virginia Flaggers' spokesman Barry Isenhour said in a email statement provided to WTOP. “In fact, in light of the recent attempts by the Governor and a few local politicians to encourage the destruction of Confederate Memorials, we intend to fast track the installation of several new projects in the next few months.”
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