by Jim Buzzerd Getting down to it The Mid-American conference has decided to not play football this fall. The original sentence included the Big 10 as a second FBS conference that has cancelled football this fall. Monday media types were Tweeting that the Big 10 presidents were ready to cancel the season or postpone it […]

State disease tracking reports that five Morgan County residents are currently sick from COVID-19, as of Tuesday morning. Three cases have been confirmed by lab test and another is a probable case. Twenty-five county residents have recovered from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Morgan County’s case numbers remain low compared to neighboring areas. […]

by KATE EVANS Morgan County Schools is one of five West Virginia counties that were approved for the Mountain State Digital Literacy Pilot Program. The other counties approved for the pilot program are Kanawha County, Clay County, Gilmer County and Marion County. Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said it’s a five-year pilot project. The digital […]

A Frederick woman has been charged with felony forgery after allegedly trying to get prescription medications from Walgreens under a different name. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Stephanie E. Faustino, 24, of Frederick, Md. was charged with seven counts of the felony on August 4. Cpl. S.R. Smith of […]

by Kate Evans Average temperatures for the month of July have varied slightly over the last 10 years in our area, ranging from 74 degrees to 79 degrees. There has been a slight warming trend over the last 10 to 20 years, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Geiger from the Baltimore-Washington D.C. Weather Forecast […]

by Geoff Fox A Boonsboro man who taught at Hancock Middle-Senior High School has been charged by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. According to a release on the Sheriff’s Office social media page, the initial complaint was made to the Hancock Police Department. Police conducted a […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Tatum True delivers a school backpack to a student’s vehicle at the August 8 Hancock Helping Hands event. Kim Dodson, center, collects items for a family as her son Keith steps in to help. Vehicles lined up along the park road on Saturday morning for the Hancock Helping Hands supply distribution. Logan True […]

Mae E. Shoemaker 1928-2020 Mae Elizabeth (Myers) Shoemaker, 91, formerly of Hancock, Md., went home to be with her Lord and family on Monday, August 3, 2020. She was born in Little Cove, Pa. on August 29, 1928 to the late Roy P. and Nelia Catherine (Thomas) Myers. She was the widow of Floyd T. […]

William A. Oliver, Jr. 1954-2020 William Arthur “Bird Dog” Oliver, Jr., age 65, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, July 26, 2020 at his residence. Born December 2, 1954 in Martinsburg, W.Va., he was the son of the late William Arthur Oliver, Sr. and the late Gladys June Close Whittington. He was a Christian. […]

Welden T. Ryan 1988-2020 Welden Thomas “Will” Ryan, 31, of Great Cacapon, died Saturday, August 1, 2020 at WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pa. Born September 15, 1988 in Martinsburg, he was the son of Timothy Robert Ryan of Great Cacapon and Patricia Sue Harris Swisher of Pittsville, Md. He was a Christian. He was a […]