by Jim Buzzerd Fanless We’re one week closer to the West Virginia University Football Team’s Saturday, September 12 season opener against Eastern Kentucky and the game is still a go. I say it like that because in the midst of this pandemic, one has to consider that the plug on the season, or some games, […]

by Kate Evans Morgan County Schools published their staggered start schedule for the new school year last Friday on their website and Facebook page. The school system is set to reopen on Tuesday, September 8 along with other West Virginia schools statewide   if their county’s COVID-19 status at the time permits. Staggered start Morgan County […]

Rally organizers Larry Schultz, Katie Spriggs and speaker Kate Lehman lead the crowd in chants. by KATE SHUNNEY EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an updated version of the Messenger story posted on August 21. Community fears about violence and an influx of unknown protestors were widespread last week ahead of a planned Black Lives Matter rally in […]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno brought up an issue he had with the gas company working on a line between Park N Dine and Shives Pizza recently. The issue came up after a gas explosion on August 10 in Baltimore where three homes were leveled and severely damaged a fourth. Two people were […]

Local excavator Randy Kyne on Tuesday morning prepared the west end of the Fairfax Green for construction of the base for the Morgan County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Contractors were expected to pour concrete for the foundation of the memorial structure later in the week. Memorial fund organizers Chuck and Linda Hampe watched over the morning work. […]

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department last Friday arrested a Berkeley Springs man ahead of two downtown rallies, charging him with making threats of terrorist acts. Cpl. Scott Lemon charged David F. DeGraw, 55, of Cloverleaf Court with the felony charge after investigating DeGraw’s online activities surrounding a planned Black Lives Matter rally set for August […]

The Morgan County Clerk’s office has had more than 400 direct requests to their office from voters wanting an absentee ballot for the November 3 general election. Voters can also file the ballot request through the West Virginia Secretary of State’s website, so the number of Morgan County ballot requests may be even higher, said […]

by Kate Shunney Maryland voters will have nine days to cast in-person ballots at early voting centers throughout the state during the General Election cycle. The Maryland Board of Elections voted on August 12 to set early voting days from Monday, October 26 through Monday, November 2, including Saturdays and Sundays, from 7 a.m. to […]

Adriel F. Fletcher 1966-2020 Adriel Fonda Fletcher, 53, of Warfordsburg, Pa., died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at his home. Born November 19, 1966 in McConnellsburg, Pa., he was the son of the late Carl Alvin and Ada Arlene Hendershot Fletcher and husband of Monica Shank Fletcher, of Chambersburg, Pa. He was a Maryland State Correctional Officer […]

Cynthia K. Shanholtz 1950-2020 Cynthia “Cindy” Karen Shanholtz, 70, of Danville, Va., died Thursday, August 20, 2020. Born January 4, 1950, in Allegany Co., Md., she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Aerietta Wolford Shanholtz. She is survived by one daughter Tina Booth and husband Richard; three sisters, Beverly Shanholtz, Robin Shanholtz […]