Virginia State Police (VSP) will conduct a focused High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) enforcement on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway Thursday, December 13th, during morning and afternoon rush hour periods, according to a news release from the office of Del. Tim Hugo.

James Schenck, President and CEO, PenFed Credit Union and CEO, PenFed Foundation, was quoted in a news release as saying, “The fight does not end on the battlefield for our wounded warriors. When they come home, far too many of our wounded warriors spend months, sometimes even years, undergoing surgeries and long hospital stays. The Warrior Retreat gives them a break from hospitals and a chance to fully recover.

On Dec. 2, 1968, Prince William County's 9-1-1 system went live with a single call taker, who also served as the dispatcher. The county's system was put in place less than a year after the first 9-1-1 call was made in Haleyville, Ala. on Feb. 16, 1968.

Freestate Farms has a contract with Prince William County to run the Balls Ford Road Composting facility, as well as build an advanced composting facility to greatly improve yard waste processing and boost the capacity to process other food waste.

The Board of County Supervisors will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Minnieville Road project on Thursday, Dec. 13, at 11 a.m. The ceremony will be held in the parking lot of Howison Park, located 14716 Minnieville Road.

After being located in Arlington and Fairfax counties for 67 years, Kena Shriners will open new headquarters in Manassas at 9500 Technology Dr. this Saturday, Dec. 15, in a ceremony from 2 to 2:30 p.m.

Installation of a crematory at an existing funeral home in Woodbridge leads off the list of four Public Hearings to begin shortly after 7 p.m. at the Dec. 19 meeting of the Prince William County Planning Commission in the Board Chamber at the McCoart Government Building at 1 County Complex Court, Woodbridge VA 22192.

The ramp from westbound I-66 to northbound Route 234 (Exit 47B) will be closed (weather permitting) from 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 to noon Sunday, Dec. 9 for Prince William County Service Authority water main repairs, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation. A detour will be marked.

On December 4 at 12:11PM, Prince William County Police Department investigators with the Crash Investigation Unit responded to the intersection of Opitz Blvd and River Walk Way in Woodbridge (22191) to investigate a two-vehicle crash.