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…]
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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…]
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…]
Crash leads to extrication effort by Paw Paw fire crews, Hampshire Co.
Paw Paw fire crews assisted with a motor vehicle extrication in water over the weekend. Company officials said in a social media post that Company 32 was alerted to Gaston Road in Hampshire County to assist Hampshire with a two-vehicle auto accident. One of the vehicles was in the water[Read More…]
Carper is new Bath police chief
William Carper, left, was sworn in as the new Town of Bath police chief on March 2 by Mayor Scott Merki. photo by Rose Jackson
Train Depot interior is close to the finish line
by Trish Rudder The Berkeley Springs Train Depot, one of the prestigious historic buildings in town, has been undergoing a facelift and is in the final stages of restoration. Lantz Construction Superintendent Kevin Goode has been working on the depot interior since about May 2022. He began his work at[Read More…]
Bath’s Hotel Motel tax to go to 20 applicants
by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath’s Finance committee reviewed 26 applications last week, and chose 20 entities that fit the state’s criteria on how the hotel/motel tax can be distributed. Town Recorder Susan Webster, who chairs the Finance committee, said half of the estimated revenue of about $90,000 goes[Read More…]
County forests could see damage from spongy moth
WVDA proposes Spongy Moth treatments for Spring 2023 by Kate Shunney Agriculture and forestry officials have said spongy moths – known previously as gypsy moths – are likely to show heavy impacts in parts of forested Morgan County and other areas of West Virginia this spring. The West Virginia Department[Read More…]
Extending MARC train will help Berkeley Springs tourism, says Bath official
by Trish Rudder Bath Town Recorder, Susan Webster said she attended the Town of Hancock’s council meeting recently where that council approved expanding the MARC train to include Martinsburg to Hancock, WV. Webster told the Bath Town Council on February 21 that the Maryland Legislature in Annapolis is moving forward.[Read More…]
