A jury in Frederick County (Va.) Circuit Court found a Berkeley Springs man guilty of three felony charges following a weeklong trial in Winchester last week. Joshua Michael Reed, 39, was convicted of child abuse by a parent resulting in injury, child cruelty that resulted in injury and malicious wounding.[Read More…]
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Eugene Paul Hare
Eugene Paul Hare 1942-2023 Eugene Paul Hare passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Born December 7, 1942, he was the son of Robert Eugene and Anna Caroline Zorich Hare. Gene graduated from Paw Paw High School in 1961. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and served in Korea, where he[Read More…]
Charlotte Rayne Higginbotham
Charlotte Rayne Higginbotham 2021-2023 Charlotte Rayne Higginbotham, 17 months, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., went to be with the heavenly angels on Monday, March 6, 2023 at War Memorial Hospital. Born September 28, 2021 in Morgantown, W.Va., she was the daughter of Jeremy Lee Richard and Santana Marie Ziegler Higginbotham at[Read More…]
Pearl Murphy Murray
Pearl Murphy Murray 1939-2023 Pearl Murphy Murray, 83, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023 at Stonerise, Martinsburg. Born July 7, 1939 in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Harley Morgan Murphy and Myrtle May Lutman Murphy. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and crocheting. She worked at the[Read More…]
Police name suspect in murder of man in county residence
by Kate Shunney The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has issued a warrant for the arrest of a man in the killing of a county resident in his home late last week. Ian Bosben-Grayson is now wanted for homicide in the death of Geoffrey Thomas Reed, 75, sometime between Thursday, March[Read More…]
Police investigating homicide in southern Morgan County
Editor’s note: This story was updated on Saturday, March 11 to add the name of the deceased. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department is conducting a homicide investigation into the death of a 75-year-old man in southern Morgan County, with the assistance of the West Virginia State Police Crime Scene Unit.[Read More…]
Chip Shots – Dancing?
Dancing? by Jim Buzzerd It appears the West Virginia University men’s basketball team has punched its ticket to the NCAA’s Big Dance with Saturday’s 89-81 win over Kansas State. The Mountaineers are the eight seed in this week’s Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City and will play the tournament’s opening[Read More…]
Everyday Outdoors — Elk in the East
Elk in the East The young man behind the rifle shivered just a little from the combination of excitement and the cool early morning October air. His Dad had sent out one challenging bugle, imitating a bull elk, and was now calling to a herd of cow elk that were[Read More…]
It’s Stacy: Healthy Eats –Chunky Asparagus Soup
Chunky Asparagus Soup My great-grandmother, Arizona Henry, always told me that the only downside to eating asparagus is that your pee smells like a skunk spray for hours after you eat it. The smell will make you think you have an infection. But no worries, asparagus is nontoxic. This smell[Read More…]
Evan Zombro captures State Wrestling Championship
by Jamie Harris Last Thursday, March 2 the 2023 Class A/AA State Wrestling Championships were held at the Mountain Health Arena in Huntington, which ended late on Saturday night. The Berkeley Springs Indians sent eight wrestlers with hopes of adding more state champions and place winners to the long list[Read More…]
