http://www.vagazette.com/?track=rss Headlines from vagazette.com en ©2013, vagazette.com Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400 By John Harvey http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-wills-4hitter-sends-warhill-to-district-semifinals-20130518,0,7092797.story?track=rss Blake Wills had some extra motivation as he took the hill Saturday afternoon for Warhill High’s Bay Rivers District quarterfinal showdown with No. 8 seed Jamestown. Sat, 18 May 2013 19:58:00 EDT By John Harvey http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-lafayette-baseball-district-quarterfinal-game-postponed-until-monday-20130518,0,6081332.story?track=rss For the third time this week, Lafayette High's baseball team's Bay Rivers District tournament quaterfinal gae has been moved. Sat, 18 May 2013 09:41:00 EDT By Cortney Langley, clangley@vagazette.com http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-jcc-tax-exemptions-051813-20130517,0,5540461.story?track=rss JAMES CITY – Tax exemptions intended to help the elderly and disabled are costing the county more than $600,000 in revenue every year. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:10:00 EDT http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-wbrg-realyforlife2-0516-20130516,0,2595938.story?track=rss When Cary Garnet was first diagnosed at age 30 with testicular cancer in 1984, he said that due to the treatments he received he welcomed death and prayed for it. Every doctor who has known him and known the care he initially received tells him he should not have survived. Thu, 16 May 2013 21:48:00 EDT By Amanda Kerr, akerr@dailypress.com http://www.vagazette.com/dp-nws-york-enterprise-zone-application-20130519,0,3349386.story?track=rss YORK  — With the downsizing of the Dominion Yorktown power station looming and the closure of the Yorktown refinery and Altria tobacco plant a few years ago, York County officials are pursuing a state enterprise zone designation to help attract more businesses to the county. Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 EDT By Ann Efimetz, aefimetz@vagazette.com http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-relayforlife-20130518,0,1502481.story?track=rss Pouring rain didn't do much to dampen the spirit of participants in the 13th annual Relay for Life held which wrapped up Saturday morning at Jamestown High. Sat, 18 May 2013 07:50:27 EDT By Rusty Carter, editor@vagazette.com http://www.vagazette.com/va-vg-uss-williamsburg-0517-20130517,0,3274295.story?track=rss The USS Williamsburg, the namesake ship that served as a convoy gunboat in World War II and was later converted to a presidential yacht, is in danger of sinking, the victim of decades of neglect in an Italian shipyard. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:11:00 EDT