Williamsburg News

When T.K. "Buz" Weiler reported for duty with the Williamsburg Fire Department on May 1, 1967, one of the first things he was asked was if he could drive a truck.

Police are trying to identify a bank robber. The man, wearing sunglasses and a ball cap, walked into SunTrust Bank at 496 McClaws Circle around 4:45 p.m. Thursday.

Pardon James City\Williamsburg Community Center's dust this summer as it undergoes a few changes.

"JOSHUA THOMPSON with his sons, Wyatt and Jordan, after his diagnosis, top, and before, with his wife, Joy, and Wyatt." Source of the photos and caption: online version of the NYT article quoted and cited below.

The Fourth of July weekend is approaching, and fireworks are still against the law in Virginia.

Sweetbay magnolia is the latest native plant blooming in my garden. Fortunately, it's not the same as southern magnolia, a huge evergreen tree that drops messy leaves and pods throughout the year.

Provost P. Geoffrey Feiss looks on Sunday, May 17, 2009, during the William and Mary 2009 Commencement ceremony at Kaplan Arena in Williamsburg.

It's difficult to consider Fourth of July celebrations without thinking of the usual accompaniment of airborne explosions reminiscent of artillery shells falling on Revolutionary battlefields.

York-Poquoson Sheriff's Office investigators are looking for a fourth man in connection with a June 6 robbery at the Four Seasons Apartments on Thoreau Circle in Tabb.

James City County police are looking for Spencer Montez Stover, a 19-year-old Hampton man.

A visit to Colonial Williamsburg serves up a smorgasbord of emotions. Awe in that so many of its quaint 18th-century buildings are still standing.

Robert Becker, assistant superintendent for operations, told the School Board on Tuesday night that renovating the Ironbound Road middle school to house nine of the district's administrative departments and its dropout prevention program for middle school students, the Academy for Life and Learning, could save the division millions over the next ...

YORK CO., Va. - York County police arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in a robbery and shooting that occurred on June 7, at the Four Seasons Apartments located in the Tabb area.

You don't have to go to Egypt to ride a camel. The humped animals will be coming to James City as just one of the many attractions of the James City County Fair.

Tears filled Sharon Huang's eyes Monday afternoon as she held her 5-month-old daughter and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner." The words of the U.S. national anthem - which she heard a lot over the past five years - had a new and more important meaning to her.

About 100 families in Williamsburg's Greek community will soon be able to worship together without leaving town.

A pair of hapless hoods tried to hold up a Bushwick Avenue bodega on June 13, but they couldn't pull off the heist because they couldn't get along.

A federal judge says John Hinckley, the man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan, can spend more time away from his psychiatric hospital and apply for a driver's license.In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman says Hinckley's health will probably improve with more freedom and that he wouldn't be a danger to himself or ...

Editor: Readers like the color-coding we added to the grids in our weekly television guide a few weeks ago, but missed some other elements from the old book.

Each year, thousands of graduates participate in the nearly 100-year-old tradition of tossing their graduation caps to signal the end of one journey and the start of another.