Beverly J. Corbett 1933-2021 Beverly Jane Corbett, 88, of Paw Paw, died Saturday, June 5, 2021 at the Winchester Medical Center. Services will be at Paw Paw Church of Christ, Saturday, June 12 at 1 p.m. Arrangements are by Giffin Funeral Home & Crematory, Capon Bridge.

by Geoff Fox After months of sending emails, posting signs in yards and businesses, going to meetings, and social media campaigns, Hancock families’ wait to find out the fate of the town’s high school is over. Board member Michael Guessford. During the June 1 Washington County Public Schools’ business meeting, school board member Mike Guessford […]

by Kate Evans From tiny tots being read to by their parents to school-age children, teens and adults avidly reading, the Morgan County Public Library’s summer program is encouraging readers of all ages to enjoy some books of interest this summer. Library Director Sarah Drennan said that their summer reading program officially begins on June […]

Paw Paw’s parade committee named the top entries in the 61st William H. Horton Memorial Day Parade, held on Saturday, May 29. Grand Prize — Mountaineer Partisan’s Ranger’s Camp. Marching Units 1st Place: Tri State Honor Guard. Floats 1st Place: Paw Paw Methodist Church, 2nd Place: Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, 3rd Place: Paw Paw […]

A county-level effort to press for the removal of a leaning wooden structure along Fairview Drive was made irrelevant on Monday night, when the dilapidated building finally hit the ground. On Thursday, May 27 this crumpling wood building along Fairview Drive in Berkeley Springs was still mostly upright. On Tuesday, June 1, part of the […]

Early voting in the Town of Bath municipal election ends this Saturday, June 5 and registered voters can cast ballots for mayor, recorder and council on election day next Tuesday, June 8. Town of Bath voters will choose a mayor, recorder and five council members for a two-year term that begins July 1. Registered voters […]

Paw Paw Town Hall Paw Paw Mayor Darlene Abe has won a second term in office as vote counting has ended for the town’s municipal election today, June 1. Abe won decisively, with 47 votes over challenger John Pritchard’s 24 votes. Recorder Jeff Palmer has won another full term in office with 61 votes. Taking […]

David Eugene Omps 1951-2021 David Eugene Omps, age 69, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, May 30, 2021 at his home surrounded by his family and while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born August 16, 1951 in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late George Eugene “Porky” and Edith […]

Lonnie Lynn Kesecker 1965-2021 Lonnie Lynn Kesecker, age 55, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at War Memorial Hospital. Born at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs November 27, 1965, he was the son of the late Leo Vincent and Nancy Jane Cain Kesecker. He was a member of Mt. Zion […]

by Lisa Schauer West Virginia State Police officers arrested Bradley Backus, 41, of Mt. Nebo, on Thursday, May 27 and charged him with fleeing from an officer with reckless indifference. According to a criminal complaint filed in the Morgan County Magistrate’s Court, Cpl. S.R. Smith heard radio chatter of an officer in pursuit of a […]