Waller Mill News Today

In an effort to keep students safe, schools across the Commonwealth are receiving part of a $12 million grant meant to improve school security.

There’s only one natural freshwater lake in Hampton Roads: Lake Drummond in the middle of the Great Dismal Swamp, which is shared between Chesapeake and Suffolk.

YORK COUNTY — A dedication ceremony on Sept. 19 for Mooretown Fire Station, York County's seventh fire station. Fire Chief/Director Stephen Kopczynski said…

HISTORIC TRIANGLE — Part beagle, part foxhound and all attitude, Ferris Bueller (no, not THAT Bueller but, definitely named after the '80s icon) is a one-year…

26,784,000 seconds or 446,400 minutes or 7440 hours or 10 months and 6 days or 44 weeks and 2 days or 84.93% of a year…no matter how it is put, Elon the dog has…

WILLIAMSBURG — Williamsburg's Waller Mill Park celebrates its 50th Anniversary this weekend, and the public is invited to join in the celebration.

One local park will now be open seven days a week after raising its hourly wage to address staffing issues.

Remembrance signs will be displayed Friday through Monday to honor the sacrifice of fallen military, fire, EMS, law enforcement members and K9s killed in the line of duty.

“I cried, I couldn’t help it, when they called and said they found the church spot,” Roots said. “It’s taken some time but we’re proving our history out here. We’re proving we were here and people are going to know what happened to us.”

A Williamsburg church of fewer than two dozen people was in need of major work. After years of praying and waiting, help finally arrived with the help of the community and one persistent parishioner.