The 50th anniversary at Old Dominion Speedway was like a kaleidoscope scene; at this turn it was part “Days of Thunder,” and at another turn, it was part “Grease” as Ford and Chevy classics from the 1950s were getting glossed and buffed right next to the drag racing track where cars of every make and model, from pick-up trucks and hatchbacks to BMWs and Mustangs, got ready to race.

Interstate 95 and U.S. 1 are a statewide embarrassment to transportation within the Fairfax, Prince William and Stafford county area. Problems that used to only impact commuters during rush hours during the work-week have now spread to the weekends.

Zachary Hoopes was so enamored with former Pope John Paul II that he decided to take John Paul as his Confirmation name.

Good morning Prince William. Those wonderful folks at Action in the Community Through Service/Turning Points have just announced the next volunteer training series. It will be held on Saturdays Sept. 13, 20 and 27 all day. Turning Points is our local domestic violence intervention program that focuses on the entire family. 

Education, economic development and transportation, public safety and human services — it’s these four areas out of a list of 12 that Prince William supervisors narrowed and selected as greatest priorities for the next five years’ worth of county planning.

The Prince William County Department of Finance is distributing the 2008 individual and business personal property tax bills to county residents in August. Personal property taxes and decal fees are due on or before Monday, Oct. 6.

The crowd gathered at Grace E. Metz Middle School on Saturday gave Kaine advice on everything from Obama running a positive campaign to playing up Obama’s voting record on issues pertaining to military veterans. 

It had been five years since Prince William County mechanic Gene Brown participated in a demolition derby of any kind.

Del. Jackson Miller, R-Manassas, said Gov. Timothy M. Kaine may have erred in appointing Judge LeRoy Millette, Jr. to the Virginia Supreme Court at this time. 

Kayla Harrover, 18, of Catlett heads off to college Monday, but not before she competed in one last beef show at the Prince William County Fair.

Sebastian Cortes-Hernandez, 24, Jose Antonio Ontiveros, 27, and Santos Ontiveros, 24, all of 9733 Bragg Lane, appeared Friday in Prince William General District Court for a preliminary hearing.

Kaine will highlight Obama’s plans for energy independence, middle class tax relief and job creation and his commitment to fundamentally change the politics of Washington to make it work for Virginia families again.

The proposed bus fare increases

The Prince William County fair has all the attributes that make a fair so nostalgic, right down to the Ferris wheel and the slightly bored looking barn animals.

The judge who presided over the trial of sniper mastermind John Muhammad has been appointed to the Virginia Supreme Court.

The Stafford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the rape of a 17-year-old girl in the Falmouth area

Our top things to do this weekend. 

Police, prosecutors and lawmakers in four states are targeting illegal drugs and gangs along Interstate 81.

Thanks to the Freddie Mac Foundation, six organizations working to improve the lives of children and families in the Prince William area have been awarded a total of $180,000.

Prince William police reported the following.

Prince William police arrested Santos Mejicanos Gomez, 28, of 827 Rettem St., Hyattsville, Md., for possession of burglary tools and possession of stolen property after they said they found him in possession of a 1997 Honda Civic that was reported stolen in Maryland.

Blessed by a week of favorable weather, the Prince William County Fair drew more than 50,000 spectators through its gates by midweek

This week’s winners and losers.

Trials for two women charged with animal cruelty have been continued to October.

A Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission plan to raise bus fares and offset higher fuel costs has moved to the next level, as organization officials have set the times and dates for six public hearings in early September.

One of several Manassas teens charged with throwing objects onto Prince William Parkway to cause car accidents pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of destruction of property Thursday.

Seven children and teens, along with Joe Green and his girlfriend, Karen Davidson, were there to put finishing touches on his 1973 Ford Country Squire that would be hit, smashed and crashed during the Prince William County Fair's annual demolition derby.

More than 5,000 people packed the grandstand of the Prince William County Fairgrounds Wednesday to watch the opening night of the demolition derby, which concludes tonight.

By most reckoning there are about five or six major food groups at the county fair.

Prince William police arrested two more people in connection with the armed robbery Monday at a United Bank branch at 18116 Triangle Shopping Plaza in Dumfries.