Gloucester County News

His dad was in World War II and on Sunday he paid tribute in front of his father's final resting place.

Every Saturday on its editorial page, the Gloucester County Times cheers those who make our area a better place in which to live and jeers those whose actions merit derision.

The Board of Education of the Special Services School District and the Vocational School District of the County of Gloucester has announced "Teachers of the Year" for the Gloucester County Institute of Technology and the Gloucester County Special Services School District.

May 17--GLOUCESTER -- New festivals and events coupled with old standbys and an improved economy has fed a good vibe about the outlook for this year's tourism prospects.

Before 97-year-old Dorothy Taylor started attending Bay Aging's Adult Day Break Center in Reedville, she had stopped talking, even to her daughter, Shirley Johnson.

On this day in 1936,A Mary Johnston died of Bright's disease. She is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

On this day in 1747,A on the recommendation of Carolus Linnaeus , John Clayton was elected to membership in the Swedish Royal Academy of Science .

First there was spice, a synthetic marijuana substitute, then there was bath salts, a synthetic substitute for cocaine and now there's amped.

Powhatan State Park, on the banks of the James River in Powhatan County, will become Virginia's 36th state park in the not-so-distant future, according to Virginia State Parks Director Joe Elton.

The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that a reported abduction "was not entirely accurate." On Wednesday authorities said a juvenile female was chased as she was walking in the Founders Mill subdivision by a man in a truck.