by Geoff Fox The manager of the Hancock Super 8 Motel has been arrested and charged with using the motel’s rooms to run a drug distribution operation. Two other Pennsylvania men were charged in the operation. The three were arrested in connection with a four-month long undercover operation conducted by Hancock Police and Washington County […]
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Four county sites will give out free Narcan kits Sept. 1
Morgan County is one of 17 counties in West Virginia that will mark “Save a Life Day” on Wednesday, September 1 by offering free overdose-reversal kits to the public. Four sites in the county will provide the kits and training to anyone interested in having naloxone (Narcan) on hand. Those sites, operating from 11 a.m. […]
Hancock schools reopen Monday under new county mask mandate
by Geoff Fox As students at Hancock Middle-Senior High School head back to class, they’ll meet 10 new teachers this year. In the front (left to right), Danielle Kieser, Tina Martinez, Danielle Kimball, and Ann Shilling. In the back (left to right), Robin Hirshorn, Laura McAleer, Brittny McDonald, Alyssa Cotton, and Grace Shockey. Students in […]
Alice F. Gerber
Alice F. Gerber 1940-2021 Alice F. Gerber, 81 of Hancock Md., entered Heaven’s Gates on August 19th, 2021. Born June 15, 1940 in Hancock, Md., she was the daughter of the late David E. Keefer and Stella J. Keefer. Alice was a graduate of Southern Fulton High School, 1958. After graduating, she began a lifelong […]
Arthur Wilbur Canoles
Arthur Wilbur Canoles 1950-2021 Arthur Wilbur “Artie” Canoles, age 71, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on August 15, 2021 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born July 7, 1950 in Keyser, W.Va., he was the son of the late Henry Baker, Sr. and Leona Lorretta Smith Canoles. He attended […]
Woodrow Marshall Unger
Woodrow Marshall Unger 1922-2021 Woodrow Marshall Unger, 98, of Fleming Island, Fla., formerly of Manassas, Va., passed away on July 30, 2021, at the Clyde Lasser VA Center in St. Augustine, Florida. He was born on October 1, 1922, in Greenwood, Morgan County, W.Va., a son of Thurman Unger and Flora Mae Bishop Unger Randall […]
Stephen Roger Walling, Sr.
Stephen Roger Walling, Sr. 1949-2021 Stephen Roger Walling, Sr. aka “Big Steve” age 72 of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away Monday, August 16, 2021 at Winchester Hospital in Winchester, Va. surrounded by his loving family. Steve was born March 18, 1949 in Martinsburg, W.Va., the son and 4th child of Harvey and Francis Hannah Walling. He […]
Kenneth Amos
Kenneth Amos Kenneth Amos, 50, of Martinsburg, W.Va., passed away on August 11, 2021 in St. Louis, Missouri, due to complications resulting from Covid-19. For the full obituary please go to www.ompsfuneralhome.com. Visitation will be open to the public at Omps Funeral Home: Amherst Chapel on Thursday, August 26, from 4-8 p.m. Funeral services are […]
Austin Lee Allen
Austin Lee Allen 1994-2021 Austin Lee Allen, age 27, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died on August 13, 2021 in New London, Connecticut. Born April 12, 1994 in Honolulu, Hawaii, he is the son of Steven Michael and Christina Louise Sharp Douglas of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. He was a 2012 graduate of Fitch High School in […]
Mary Louise “Goog” Yost
Mary Louise “Goog” Yost 1941-2021 Mary Louise “Goog” Yost, age 79, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, August 16, 2021 surrounded by her loving family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born December 5, 1941 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Clyde Perry, Sr. and […]





