Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal

GUEST in need of host sites for winter shelter

“We’re anticipating bigger numbers this winter.” Gloucester United Emergency Shelter Team (GUEST) Executive Director Michelle Wells is gearing up for a long winter with more…

Melany Slaughter November 19, 2025
Mathews farmers donate to food pantries

Farmers Mark Zamanian of Blessed Harmony Farms in Cobbs Creek and Christian Brown of Mush Love mushroom farm in Mathews visited a sweet potato farm…

Melany Slaughter November 19, 2025
State Champions

Charlotte Houtz hoists the Virginia High School League State Field Hockey Champion Class 4 plaque up into the air as her teammates break out in…

Melany Slaughter November 19, 2025

Top Stories

1a laurie ann powell murderer determined

1988 cold case murder of Laurie Ann Powell solved (11/19/2025) - A cold case involving the death of a Gloucester teen has been solved more than 37 years after that murder took place, the Virginia State Police announced last week. The late Alan W. Wilmer Sr. of Lancaster has been named as the person responsible for the 1988 stabbing death of Gloucester teenager Laurie Ann Powell. She was 18 years old. Wilmer died in 2017 at age 63 and was identified as the killer through DNA… …

School zone speed cameras installed in Gloucester

Supervisors discuss historic buildings preservation