Founded in 1893 by S.S. Buzzerd
Robert Faust Banks 1934-2026 Robert Faust Banks, age 92, of Winchester, Va., formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Bob was born on May 13, 1934, in Mount Union, Pa. He was the son of Robert Newton Banks and Charlotte Zerbe Banks of Mount Union,[Read More…]
Thomas Dunham Grove 1946-2026 Thomas Dunham Grove, age 80, of Falling Waters, W.Va. passed away at home on Friday August 7, 2026, with his family present. Born June 13, 1946 in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Dunham Biser Grove and Glenna Mariah Merica. Tom was the third of[Read More…]
Lisa Kay Lafollette 1965-2026 Lisa Kay Lafollette, age 61, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Monday, August 3, 2026 at WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born March 5, 1965 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Donald Lee and Ruth Marie Woods[Read More…]
by Haley Diehl The Warm Springs Wolves Youth Football and Cheer program is ready to bring football back to Morgan Field, and we’re welcoming the entire community to come out, fill the bleachers and support the next generation of Indians. The Wolves recently took the field for an August 7[Read More…]
Joshua Brennan Walls 2008-2026 Joshua Brennan Walls, age 18, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away on Monday, August 3, 2026 at Winchester Medical Center. Born May 5, 2008 in Winchester, Va., he was the son of Terry Lee Walls, Jr. and Lisa Bernadette Rutter Walls of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. He[Read More…]
Dorothy Marie Hayes We are immensely saddened to announce the passing of our deeply beloved Dorothy “Spud” Marie Hayes, 57, of Greensboro, N.C., who tragically passed away on Monday, July 27, 2026, at her sister’s home in Paw Paw, W.Va., near the home of her mother. She went to be[Read More…]
Two people were arrested in Great Cacapon on Wednesday, August 5 following a physical altercation over use of an air conditioner. Police were dispatched to Alpine Drive at about 2:30 p.m. for a domestic disturbance. At the residence, a man identified as William D. Twigg Jr., 53, held his hands[Read More…]
by Kate Shunney Morgan County Commissioners approved a proclamation last Wednesday, making September 2026 the “Morgan County Goes Purple” month in support of National Recovery Month and those who are recovering from substance use disorder in West Virginia. Holly Lawrence, Purple Ambassador for the Eastern Panhandle, told county officials that[Read More…]
by Geoff Fox Traffic on the north end of downtown Berkeley Springs was brought to almost standstill on Saturday when the brakes of a northbound tractor-trailer caught fire along Washington Street. The call for the fire came in around 12 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, August 8, for a vehicle fire[Read More…]
In the darkness of an early Tuesday morning in August of 2006, an electrical fire began in the Morgan County Courthouse and set the century-old brick building ablaze. What followed as August 8 dawned was a massive firefighting effort thatprotected the block around the courthouse, preserved all of the county’s[Read More…]
