TOLLAND — A Stafford resident was taken to the hospital Thursday night following a motorcycle accident in Tolland. Jeffrey Bell lost control of his 2006 Harley Davidson on Burbank Road, just north of Tolland Stage Road just before 10 p.m., state police said.

Five black students who were the first to challenge the segregated school system in Stafford County 50 years ago will talk about their actions during a community event on Saturday. Memories of the moment the five entered the all-white Stafford High School on Sept. 1, 1960, and asked to be put in class are still fresh in the minds of those involved....

Quarterback Matthew Stafford, center Dominic Raiola, defensive end Kyle Vanden Bosch and kicker Jason Hanson will be the Detroit Lions' captains this season, coach Jim Schwartz announced after practice today.

STAFFORD — September is Library Card Sign Up Month in town. The event is intended to boost readership at the Stafford Public Library. The program was announced via a proclamation at the Aug. 25 Board of Selectmen meeting. It started on Sept. 1 and will run until Sept. 30.

A total of 50 members of Stafford Hospital staff, including nurses and doctors, have been put through the trust's disciplinary process in the past year, the Express & Star can reveal today.

Stafford County's Aquia Landing is such a quiet, peaceful place nowadays it's hard to imagine that it was part of two revolutions--one technological, the other social and political. But one has only to examine an 1856 advertisement to realize what a miracle this spot where Aquia Creek meets the Potomac River represented to Victorian-era Americans....

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions were hoping Matthew Stafford would have a brief and productive tuneup for the regular season. He didn’t. Stafford’s second pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown and he didn’t lead Detroit to points on his second and last drive.

Slaves belted out songs at Stafford County's Aquia Landing as they awaited their freedom. "No more auction block for me. No more, no more. No more auction block for me. Many thousand gone."...

JUST AS HIS offense was in danger of springing a leak, Lou Zambino had the good sense to enlist the aid of a plumber.

Skyline 50, Stafford 14 The Skyline Thunderbirds came out on the winning end of the first week, pulling away from Stafford late in the game to start the season 1-0. The Thunderbirds led 24-8 at halftime, but could have had more with a red zone interception towards the end of the second quarter.