Gazette Journal – News and Information for Gloucester and Mathews, Virginia

NAACP-sponsored vaccine clinic held in Gloucester

People of color in America have been especially hard hit during the ongoing pandemic, with disproportionate rates of illness and death from the coronavirus. This…

Melany Slaughter February 24, 2021
Diggs resident reeling from loss of husband, devastating house fire

Diggs resident Kathy Rowe lost everything she owned in a Jan. 23 fire, just three days after her husband died. Now living with her daughter…

Melany Slaughter February 24, 2021
New museum exhibit focuses on life of T.C. Walker

A new exhibit is now on display at the Gloucester Museum of History depicting the life of T.C. Walker. The exhibit, “Awakening: The Life &…

Melany Slaughter February 24, 2021

Top Stories

37 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths in Mathews (2/24/2021) - While most of the state and nation saw decreasing numbers of COVID-19 cases during the past week, Mathews County saw its numbers spike upward again, after having dropped the previous week. Mathews recorded 37 new cases of the virus between last Wednesday and this Wednesday, rivaling earlier high counts, for a total of 541 cases in the county since the pandemic began. One new hospitalization was recorded, for a total of 18, and two more… …