Warm Springs Middle School recently had new playground equipment installed. The ExoCage is a multi-function outdoor gym that provides a full body workout. Middle school Principal Jamie Harris said the school purchased the equipment with Elementary and Secondary School Relief Fund (ESSERF) money, which is for COVID-impact projects. Physical education[Read More…]
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Scrape those lanternfly eggs! Ag officials ask public to help stop the spread of destructive pest
by Kate Evans The invasive spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) continues to expand its range and threaten fruit trees, grape vineyards, hardwood trees and crops in a number of eastern states, including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. The insect was first found in Pennsylvania in 2014. The spotted lanternfly was[Read More…]
Local students stand out at State Science Fair
Morgan County Schools’ Science Fair winners attended the State Science Fair at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston on Monday, March 6. Students were escorted to Charleston by their families and performed well at the competition. Five local students brought home awards for their projects. In Division I (Elementary), Greyson[Read More…]
Jury finds man guilty of sex offender registry violations
A Morgan County jury found Christopher Cook, 39, of no known address, guilty of two counts of failure to update his sex offender registry following a Tuesday, March 7 trial in Morgan County Circuit Court. Judge Debra McLaughlin presided over the one-day trial, which ended in a guilty verdict after[Read More…]
Bath supports county request for $2.7 million in federal funding to revitalize North End
by Trish Rudder Letters from Mayor Scott Merki to U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin in support of the Morgan County Commission’s request for federal funding were approved by the Bath Town Council on March 7. Town Recorder Susan Webster, who drafted the letters, said she has been[Read More…]
Homicide suspect in Morgan County killing arrested Tuesday in Charles Town
by Kate Shunney Officers with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department have arrested the man suspected of murdering a Morgan County resident in his home late last week. Ian Patrick Bosben-Grayson, 30, of Randallstown, Md. was arrested without incident on Tuesday morning, March 14, in a parking lot in Charles Town[Read More…]
Va. jury finds Berkeley Springs man guilty of injuring child
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…]
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…]
