Jennings Randolph Poland 1938-2022 Jennings Randolph “JR” Poland, age 84, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility in Kearneysville, W.Va. Born January 17, 1938 in Piedmont, W.Va., he was the son of the late Allen T. and Helen E. Oates Poland. He was a […]

Charles Leo Cain 1956-2022 Charles Leo Cain, 65, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away peacefully on April 27, 2022 at his home under the care of hospice. Born on September 4, 1956 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Charles and Hope Cain Stotler. Charles worked for the West Virginia Division […]

Donald Sterling McBee 1928-2022 Donald Sterling McBee, age 93, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital. Born November 30, 1928 in Sleepy Creek, W.Va., he was the son of the late John William and Goldie Leona Tedrick McBee. He attended Word of Deliverance Church. Donald attended schools in […]

Chief Deputy Johnnie Walter talks with a West Virginia Medical Examiner while Capt. Tim Stapleton and Sheriff K.C. Bohrer stand by on Thursday. A West Virginia medical examiner joined officers with the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department this morning at the site where human remains were located yesterday by mushroom hunters. Those remains have been removed […]

Update 5/5/22: Sheriff Bohrer said police believe the remains are those of a man who went missing in the Highland Ridge area in 2018. See the full story here: https://www.morganmessenger.com/2022/05/05/police-believe-remains-are-those-of-man-missing-since-2018/ ————————————————————– Morgan County Sheriff K.C. Bohrer has said law enforcement officers have secured a site containing potential human remains off Highland Ridge Road in eastern Morgan […]

Speculation by Jim Buzzerd Last week I turned this space into a rant on how I believe the NCAA’s Name Image Likeness legislation, if left in its current state, will destroy college football and basketball as we have known it. I did not comment on the West Virginia University football team’s Gold-Blue game that was […]

by Geoff Fox A landmark restaurant in Hancock sold last week at auction to a man who already has a successful restaurant in Hancock. Park N Dine was sold for $500,000 to Ben Lewis. Lewis owns Potomac River Grill on the 522 Bridge as well as Ben Lewis Plumbing in Clarksburg, Md. The bid was […]

by Kate Evans Warm Springs Middle School eighth graders Landon Litten, Camden Spade, and Adam O’Brien are the three 2022 Morgan County winners of the Golden Horseshoe Award. The prestigious Golden Horseshoe award recognizes state students that excel in West Virginia history and culture and is given to the top-scoring eighth grade students on the […]

by Kate Shunney As West Virginia’s primary election takes place on Tuesday, May 10, fewer Morgan County residents will be seeking out a ballot. A state report of voter registration figures from the West Virginia Secretary of State’s office indicates that as of the end of March, Morgan County’s voter registration stood at 12,454 voters. […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools summer programs return this year with a variety of remediation and enrichment activities and fun for kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Summer programs include Camp MoCo at Warm Springs Intermediate School, Camp Alpha at Warm Springs Middle School and credit recovery at Berkeley Springs High School and Paw Paw […]