Lester L. Hovermale 1926-2019 Lester Leo Hovermale, 92 of Clarksburg, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Tygart Center in Fairmont with family by his side. He was born in Brosious, W.Va., near Berkeley Springs, on August 27, 1926, son of the late, Russell Norman and Mary Etta Hovermale. Lester is […]

by Kate Evans A Berkeley Springs family was displaced by an early Monday morning fire that destroyed their home. The fire call came in at 5:09 a.m. on March 18 for a residential structure fire on Breeden’s Addition Lane off Henry O. Michael Road. Engine 12 from Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company responded within a […]

The Defense by Jim Buzzerd Well, the West Virginia University basketball regular season has ended with the Mountaineers stumbling to a 12-19 record. Actually, stumbling to the finish may not be the most apt way to portray how this team finished. After the dismissal of senior Esa Ahmad and junior Wesley Harris and season ending […]

by Kate Evans The number of acute hepatitis A virus cases in West Virginia from a multi-state outbreak has jumped to 2,415 cases as of March 8 and has now spread to 43 counties, including Morgan County, according to West Virginia Bureau of Public Health information. The number of hospitalizations from hepatitis A has risen […]

by Geoff Fox A trial scheduled for this past Monday, March 11, for one of the three people accused of murdering Hancock resident Edward Gilhart in 2016 has been continued, according to Franklin County District Attorney Matthew Fogal. Fogal said the trial for Ryan Horton, 30, has been delayed and a pretrial conference is scheduled […]

by Geoff Fox Police are looking for suspects who allegedly took part of a vehicle in Needmore and a purse from a Warfordsburg woman’s vehicle. According to Pennsylvania State Police, sometime between February 24 and March 5, a suspect stole a T-top from a 1999 Chevrolet Camaro from a location along Black Bear Road in […]

by Trish Rudder Morgan County police arrested several people last week on charges ranging from drug possession to weapons charges. On March 4, Matthew J. Adams, 29, of Bridgeport, W.Va. was arrested and extradited by Sgt. Wade Shambaugh of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department on charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana […]

by Kate Shunney The five days of Spring Break built into the Morgan County Schools calendar in April have been cut back to one day off. Students will now go to school from Monday, April 15 through Thursday, April 19. Students will still have off Good Friday and Easter Monday. School board members made the […]

          by Geoff Fox Since its inception a few years ago, the plans for Martha’s House have been geared toward the youth of Hancock. But what kind of activities has been in question. Interfaith Service Coalition (ISC) Director Deb Cohill has been asking for community input for the last two or […]

by Kate Shunney American history is full of the stories of immigrants who came from other lands to see what fortunes lay in store for them here. Hancock is by no means an exception. One of those stories is the history of the Little family, which begins in County Cavan in north-central Ireland and continued […]