by Jim Buzzerd Missed opportunity The West Virginia University basketball team had a chance to make a statement after knocking off second ranked Ohio State last week then traveling to third ranked Kansa last Saturday. Sadly, for Mountaineers fans, and predictably, things did not fall the Mountaineers’ way in Lawrence. WVU lost the game 60-53, […]

by Geoff Fox Personnel. Infrastructure. Jobs. Those were some of the issues Hancock faced last year and, and to some point, fixed. But what does 2020 hold for the Town of Hancock? Mayor Ralph Salvagno said the biggest issue in 2019 was personnel — the challenge of replacing the town manager and police chief. Salvagno […]

by Kate Evans An afternoon fire on New Year’s Eve destroyed a large portion of the lodge at Avalon Resort in the Hampshire County portion of Paw Paw. The fire call came in to Hampshire County 911 Dispatch Center at 3:41 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31 for a fire on the roof of Avalon’s lodge, […]

The Martin Luther King Jr. State Holiday Commission will hold the annual commemoration and celebration of the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 20. This year’s theme is: “The Beloved Community: The Fierce Urgency of Now.” This year’s celebration will take place at Asbury United Methodist Church, 501 Elizabeth […]

Heavy snow moved into the area before lunch on Tuesday as predicted, Morgan County Public Library was one of the public facilities that closed early on Tuesday due to snow. covering Morgan County roadways and making travel difficult for vehicles.  Morgan County Schools sent students home three hours early, with buses hitting snow-covered roadways as […]

A Morgan County Grand Jury today indicted Andrew J. McCauley Jr., 41, of Berkeley Springs for the murder of Riley Crossman in May 2019. McCauley was also indicted for concealment of a deceased human body, confirmed Morgan County Prosecuting Attorney Dan James. The Grand Jury met today, Tuesday, January 7. The indictment is not a […]

Joyce M. McLaughlin 1937-2019 Joyce Marilyn McLaughlin, 82, of Cross Junction, Va., died Sunday, December 29, 2019 at The Willows of Meadow Branch in Winchester, Va. Born September 9, 1937 in Long Branch, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Anthony “Tony” and Joan Napoli Torchia. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winchester and […]

Grace E. Young 1931-2020 Grace Evelyn Young, 88, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Homewood at Williamsport, Md. Born October 9, 1931 in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd William and Grace Evelyn Clarke Brakeall. She was a member of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley Springs and attended the […]

Della M. Johnson 1913-2020 Della Mae Johnson, age 106, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at War Memorial Hospital Extended Care Facility. Born May 23, 1913 in Spohrs Crossroads, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late James Perkins and Ethel Michael Clark. Della was a member of Mt. Zion United […]

Numa L. Newby 1937-2019 Numa Lindley “Len” Newby, 82, of Greensboro, N.C., passed Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Berkeley Medical Center, Martinsburg, West Virginia. “Len” was born June 3, 1937, in Greensboro, N.C., he was the son of the late Joseph Anthony Newby and Margaret Louise Leonard Szarka. He was a member of Lankford Memorial […]