by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools social work department discussed their growth and challenges at the August 3 school board meeting. Social workers provide individual and group counseling, mental health screenings, crisis intervention and prevention programs for students. Challenges Student mental health challenges included stigma, grief and loss, low self-esteem, lack of healthy coping skills […]

The Morgan County Clerk’s Office reopened on Tuesday after a three-day closure last week following a positive COVID test result for a front-office employee. Morgan County Clerk’s office. County Clerk Kim Nickles said that employee was not showing symptoms but got a COVID test because her husband had tested positive for the contagious respiratory disease. […]

Robert L. Shoemaker 1939-2021 Robert L. Shoemaker, age 82, of Hancock, Md., passed away at his home on Saturday, August 14, 2021. Born February 19, 1939, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Robert and Wyoma (Shoemaker) Younker. He was the widower of Elton Louise (Price) Shoemaker, whom he married on January 8, […]

Brian Denard Tucker 1967-2021 Brian Denard Tucker, age 53, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, August 2, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Born August 27, 1967 in Newport News, Va., he was the son of Minister Delores “Dee” Tucker Smith of Pasadena, Md., and the late Leonard Jerome Tucker. He was a […]

Freddie Lee Fleece, Jr. 1956-2021 Freddie Lee Fleece, Jr. age 65, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on August 9, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital. Born March 23, 1956 in Morgan County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Freddie Lee, Sr. and Kathleen Stotler Fleece. Freddie was a lifetime member of the Berkeley Springs […]

Judy V. Shade 1943-2021 Judy V. Shade, age 78, of McConnellsburg, Pa., passed away on Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at Magnolias of Chambersburg. She was born on Sunday, March 7, 1943, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., the daughter of the late Robert and the late Esther (Householder) Yost. Judy married the late Larry J. Shade on […]

Esta Lee Pearl Fox 1931-2021 Esta Lee Pearl Fox, age 90, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., went to her heavenly home on August 11, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital. Born February 3, 1931 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Boyd Joseph and Iva Pearl Fredman Yost. She is survived by one […]

Cynthia A. Jackman 1954-2021 Cynthia A. Jackman, 66, of Martinsburg, died on Sunday, August 15, 2021 in Pasadena, Md. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, August 21, at 2 p.m., at the Bedington United Methodist Church, 580 Bedington Way, Martinsburg, WV 24504. A visitation will be held 12-2 p.m. prior to the service. […]

by KATE EVANS Public health officials will require face masks in Morgan County Schools next week August 16 to August 20 as a result of  the high level of COVID-19 transmission this week (August 6-August 12) . New cases of COVID-19 this week totaled 22 cases with new cases still coming in, Health Department officials […]

by KATE SHUNNEY The Morgan County Clerk’s Office has been closed to the public until at least Tuesday, August 17 following a positive COVID test result for a front-office employee. Morgan County Clerk’s office. County Clerk Kim Nickles said that employee was not showing symptoms but got a COVID test because her husband had tested […]