Gloucester County News

Virginia emergency-management officials are planning a statewide tornado drill for March 20 at 9:45 a.m. It is a joint effort between the state Department of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service.

Former Virginia governors and senate hopefuls George Allen and Tim Kaine campaigned on the peninsula Tuesday, the Daily Press reported.

But Hinton told the Virginian-Pilot that last June she heard from teachers and parents that male students were polishing their nails, rouging their lips and wearing sundresses.

After much debate, the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to delay the county's next property reassessment until Jan.

The Board of Supervisors will vote Tuesday night to petition the Circuit Court to set an election date so voters can choose a replacement for former Sheriff Steve Gentry, who abruptly announced his resignation last week due to personal issues.

After serving as county sheriff since 2007, Steve Gentry will resign from the post Saturday, Chief Deputy Darrell Warren said.

A reported robbery of three youths by three older teens on Saturday in the Founders Mill neighborhood made the rounds of social media and prompted a flurry of inquiries to the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office.

Today I wish to revisit a story of parents who kept their little girl trapped in a crib - basically using the crib as a cage.

GLOUCESTER A 30-year old man is behind bars after deputies say he exchanged sexual text messages with a 12-year old.

The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office arrested a Hayes man accused of child pornography and sending sexual text messages to a 12-year-old. Clayton Cody Lawrence, 30, of Margaret Drive, was charged with one felony count of use of communications systems to facilitate certain offenses involving children and one felony count of production, ... (more)

The eight include names from the state's history books as well as contemporary figures.

A joint meeting between the Gloucester Board of Supervisors and School Board has been scheduled for Tuesday, with just one hitch: it will be behind closed doors.

The Cumberland County SPCA is continuing its progressive journey into other counties of South Jersey, according to the minutes of its December 2011 volunteer meeting.

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Hundreds descended on the state Capitol today for the General Assembly's Lobby Day, an annual opportunity for Virginians to make their voices heard as legislators settle in for the session.

The fate of a Fourth District Assembly seat won by Gloucester Township woman Gabriella Mosquera will be decided by the Supreme Court later this month after her residency was challenged by a Republican opponent.

Lakin Burnett, 7, left, Naya Fountain, 10, and Gregory Cesar, 7, In back, play in their neighborhood off Big Bethel Road.