JAMES CITY— Schools Superintendent Gary Mathews has taken himself out of the running for a job in Louisiana after being named a finalist for another superintendency in Georgia.

JAMES CITY — Extorting money from a gang initiate got a young man a year in jail Thursday. Robert Carter IV, 19, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty last year to gang participation and attempted extortion.

JAMES CITY — Cuts aren’t as deep as expected for WJC Schools, but every school will be hurt, in and out of the classroom.

JAMES CITY — A Toano subdivision recognized as a leader in conservation is at the center of an investigation of illegal clearing near an eagle’s nest.

We are living in tough economic times, and serious cuts in spending by governments and sacrifices by individuals will be necessary. We may not like it, but we can live with potholed roads, leaf-strewn streets, even crowded libraries or higher fees for recreation. What we cannot do is cut the quality of our children’s education. 

The idea of a competing visitor center is wacky, and response on our website has been harsh.

Anti-gay letter “The liberal faculty and students at the College of William Mary doesn’t have a right to ignore state laws just because they support the homosexual lifestyle. Why not require that everyone be given an ‘A’ for a grade? That would make more sense for these ‘I should be given anything I want’ entitlement folks.”

WILLIAMSBURG -- The Williamsburg Boulé chapter of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity is hosting an Action Agenda forum this Saturday as a follow-up to its Black History Month series.

The public is invited to experience free dress rehearsals of Colonial Williamsburg’s award-winning outdoor drama — The Revolutionary City — this Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13.

WILLIAMSBURG -- The city's human services director told City  Council Thursday that the recession has doubled the city's caseload in some of its human service programs.