Manassas Journal Messenger | FRIDAY NIGHT HIGHLIGHTS | High school football in Prince William, Manassas, Culpeper and the surrounding area

Two lawsuits in the last year and a half have been filed against Virginia House of Delegates candidate Jeff Frederick’s Internet service company alleging it held Internet domain names hostage to force clients to pay bills. Frederick, 28, defeated 18-year incumbent John A. “Jack” Rollison in the June Republican primary for the 51st House District….

Thanks are in order for Chief of Police Charlie T. Deane due to his gracious invitation to discuss crime prevention efforts in Prince William County. He took an hour and a half out of his busy day to answer my questions and share a wealth of insight and information. My last column noted that the…

Frequently, it’s easy to confuse volume (as it relates to the intensity of sound) with both popularity and with intensity. Witness, for example, recent tactics of Democrat partisans. No matter the cause, Democrat partisans repeat the mantra “far Right” or “Christian Right” to demonize Republicans and/ or conservatives, whether accurate or not (and usually, it’s…

SPECIAL REPORT –  Hog Wild at the county fair Melissa Linkenhoker, an attendant at a fresh lemonade stand at the Prince William County Fair, couldn’t do anything but endure the heat Sunday. She had a small fan in the booth where she sold lemonade and corn dogs, but it was of little help. “I’m just…

By THOMAS C. DOZIER [email protected] STAFFORD The Stafford High School football team, making only its second appearance in the Northwest Region football playoffs, looked like the seasoned veterans on Friday night. The unflappable Indians rambled for 202 yards in the second half and two touchdowns and came away with a 14-6 win over Culpeper in…

He had asked the question out of genuine uncertainty: “Do you think 12:30 p.m. would be a good time?” Bill Brown wasn’t sure. This was new territory for him, but he knew even two weeks ago he had to start thinking about it. In his 20 years of coaching at Potomac and Hylton, Brown had…