by Geoff Fox On Tuesday, August 7, Hancock in Motion will partner with the Hancock Police Department to present the annual National Night Out in Widmeyer Park, and for the third year in a row, fireworks will be closing the event. Officials unanimously voted to have the fireworks, but it didn’t come without discussions. The […]

A Berkeley Springs man has been charged with wanton endangerment after police were called to a downtown church for reports of a possible hostage situation on Monday, July 16. Richard “Rick” Jenkinson, 70, was located and disarmed by police after they received a 911 call from the wife of the pastor of the Gospel Light […]

Morgan County School retirees for the 2017-2018 school year were honored at a June 7 retirement dinner at Cacapon State Park.  Seen with Superintendent Erich May at the celebration (third from right) are from left to right retirees Pleasant View Elementary cook Connie Wilson, Widmyer Elementary pre-K special needs teacher Mary Vivian Hornbaker, Pleasant View […]

by Kate Shunney A number of Morgan County residents have complained in recent weeks about increased Frontier internet outages and wait times to get company technicians to fix their service. In some cases, local customers have been told they must wait up to 20 days for a technician to respond to a trouble ticket. Frontier […]

A jury of nine men and three women were sworn in this morning in Morgan County Circuit Court as the murder trial of Erick Shute begins, two years after Shute shot and killed three Great Cacapon men and is alleged to have tried to kill a fourth man. Circuit Judge Steve Redding is presiding over […]

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department is working to identify a deceased African-American male who was dropped off at War Memorial Hospital this morning, July 13, and are investigating the circumstances of his death. Deputy Luke Shambaugh is the lead investigator in the case. According to a press release from Sheriff K.C. Bohrer, the unidentified male, […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced on July 12 that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of West Virginia to help in recovery efforts in the eight counties affected by severe storms and flooding between May 28 and June 3. Morgan County is one of eight counties to get help […]

by Kate Evans At their July 2 regular meeting, Morgan County School Board vice-president Aaron Close was elected to a two-year term as board president from July 1, 2016 through June 30. Board member Laura Smith nominated Close for the position and Pete Gordon seconded it. Close abstained from the 4-0 vote. School board members […]

grier7heisman.com by Jim Buzzerd West Virginia University football fans hope number seven is their lucky number. That’s because returning quarterback Will Grier wears number seven on his jersey, and as one of the top retuning signal callers in the nation, the WVU Sports Information Department has launched a ‘Grier for Heisman’ campaign for the rapidly […]

by Jamie Harris Donna Miller, a standout softball and basketball player for Berkeley Springs High School from 1972-1976 will be entering the BSHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Miller started her softball career in the youth leagues as a member of the Morgan County Parkettes. During that time Miller helped lead her team […]