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A newly-formed committee working to recruit minority teachers to area schools will connect job seekers with dozens of open jobs at area schools Saturday at the Minority Recruitment Fair for Educators.

To better document encounters between officers and the public, video recorders will be mounted in police cars of the Delaware River Port Authority.

Two more candidates have filed for races in Gloucester County in November's election, including incumbent School Board Member Anita Parker in the Petsworth District, according to information from the Gloucester Voter Registar's Office.

The Police Unity Tour featuring a rider from the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office will wheel through Gloucester on Friday.

Bill Streater and Greg Carter, members of the Mt. Zion AME Church in Woolwich Township, peer down a trap door in the floor May 7, 2013 where runaway slaves would hide on their way North on the Underground Railroad.

The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office has recently seen a rise in the number of county residents claiming they are victims of financial fraud crimes in which their debit and credit card numbers are compromised, with charges showing up out of state.

The eagle was found in Gloucester County on March 31. It couldn't fly more than a few feet at a time when it was taken to the Wildlife Center of Virginia, in Waynesboro, that night.

Substitute Judge Bill Andrews, of Hampton , failed to show up for a trial scheduled for Thursday morning in Gloucester County Circuit Court in which a property owner filed suit against the county.

A 53-year-old Gloucester woman was convicted Monday of charges of driving under the influence and manslaughter in the June 7, 2012, death of a pedestrian she struck alongside Route 17.

A report of prescription fraud was received on April 10 from Gloucester Pharmacy in which a female attempted to obtain a fraudulent prescription for Vicodin .

County freeholders voted 4-2 along party lines Tuesday night to establish a direct inmate housing agreement with Gloucester County to house their inmate population.

Someone has a lot of nerve. How long was DuBois the Gloucester County treasurer before she retired and came back as a freeholder for one term? She wrote that a "shared services agreement" on corrections had been discussed since 2008.

A 27-year-old Gloucester man charged with stealing $28,000 in jewelry, video games and other property in connection with eight daytime burglaries has been released from jail on bond and given a nighttime curfew.

Twelve people were arrested Thursday in Gloucester and another suspect is being sought out of state following an investigation into the sales of synthetic drugs such as spice and bath salts.