by Kate Shunney The driver of one of the trucks involved in a double-fatal crash in early May 2019 has pled no contest to one count of negligent homicide in Morgan County Circuit Court. Bryce G. Waugh, 18, of Waugh Road in Berkeley Springs entered the plea during a January 23 hearing before Circuit Judge […]

On February 9, 1820, the General Assembly of Virginia formed Morgan County from parts of Hampshire and Berkeley counties. Two hundred years later, the citizens of Morgan County are invited to celebrate their county’s 200th birthday with a party at the County Courthouse on Sunday, February 9 from 2 to 4 p.m. Balloons, cake, beverages […]

Driving through Morgan County changed last Thursday, January 30. The county’s newest four-way traffic signal, located at U.S. 522 and Myers Road, went online in the morning. Morgan County now has four stoplights. School traffic at the busy intersection was controlled by red and green lights for the first time last week, after two week […]

by Geoff Fox Students gathered in the gym at Hancock Middle-Senior High School last Thursday for part of a rally to get the HGTV show “Home Town” to choose Hancock to get made over next season. Residents and students turned out last Thursday to take part in a community rally for the HGTV Hometown Makeover […]

Floyd Nelson Hendershot 1932-2020 Floyd Nelson Hendershot, age 87, of Cumberland, Md., passed into his heavenly journey on January 29, 2020, at the Martinsburg, W.Va. Veterans Medical Center Long-Term Care facility, with his son at his side. Floyd was born April 9, 1932. He was the son of the late Melvin Lee and Ada Pearl […]

Sidney J. Biggs Shingleton 1948-2020 It is with great sadness that the family of Sidney Jane Biggs Shingleton announces her passing on Friday, January 31, 2020 at the age of 71 years. Sidney was born in Charleston, W.Va. on September 28, 1948 to the late Waitman Barbe Biggs and Evelyn Easol Pullen Biggs. She graduated […]

Nelda L. Howell 1930-2020 Nelda Lee Howell, 89, of Hedgesville, died Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. Born May 29, 1930 in Madison, she was the daughter of the late Delmer and Minnie Cleo Woods Hager. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Scott […]

Melanie L. Kline 1993-2020 Melanie Lynn Kline, 26, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg. Born May 29, 1993 in Frederick County, Md., she was the daughter of Jeffrey Wayne and Teresa Lynn Myers Kline, Berkeley Springs. She attended Open Arms Ministry in Hedgesville. She was a graduate of Berkeley […]

Marie D. Kozak 1925-2020 Marie Dorothea Kozak, 94, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, January 30, 2020 at her residence. Born February 16, 1925 in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Charles Bartholomew Leo and Pauline Petronella Keller Hester. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. She was a […]

  by Kate Evans Seasonal influenza activity and flu-like illness is now widespread in our area, with growing numbers of flu cases confirmed at War Memorial Hospital and illnesses prevalent in local schools. War Memorial Hospital’s emergency room has seen an increase of patient cases with flu and flu-like illness symptoms, said Chris Parsons, Emergency Department Director. Medical staff confirmed […]