Sheriff K.C. Bohrer has been appointed by Governor Jim Justice to the Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment as the board’s law enforcement representative. Appointments to the board were made on January 2. The 13-member council includes the state’s Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources, the Secretary of Military Affairs […]

Members of the Morgan County Grand Jury returned 19 true bills when they met on Tuesday, January 8, indicting 19 individuals for a variety of felony crimes. The accused will be arraigned in Morgan County Circuit Court on Monday, January 28 and will enter a plea of guilt or innocence to the charges. Among those […]

by Geoff Fox Town Manager David Smith resigned from his position on January 9 at the end of a Hancock town council meeting. Mayor Ralph Salvagno read Smith’s resignation letter during the January town meeting as Smith sat at the front council table. Smith didn’t say when his last day on the job would be, […]

by Kate Evans The installation of a new four-way traffic light at Myers Road on U.S. Route 522 near Widmyer Elementary and the Morgan County Schools bus garage will now be able to move forward. West Virginia Division of Highways officials had hoped to complete the traffic light installation last summer while school was out, […]

by Geoff Fox Rick Cook has only been with the Hancock Police Department since 2017, but has quickly risen from officer to sergeant last October and now to police chief. In a surprise motion during a special meeting on January 2, Town Councilman Tim Smith made a motion to promote Cook, but his motion didn’t […]

by Geoff Fox Two people were injured in a five-vehicle accident on Monday morning, January 14, at the 2-mile marker on westbound Interstate 70 in Hancock. The accident scene was just before the bridge over Pennsylvania Avenue. According to Maryland State Police, around 10 a.m. Monday morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Hagerstown Barrack […]

Charles E. Sullivan Charles Edward Sullivan, 76, of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away peacefully surrounded by many family members on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at the VAMC in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born in Boston, Mass., he was the son of the late Robert Sullivan and Eleanor Donovan Sullivan. He was a member and Eucharistic Minister at St. […]

Luella C. Spellman 1946-2019 Luella Cain Spellman, 72, of Culpeper passed away on Friday, January 11, 2019 at Dogwood Village of Orange County. She was born October 17, 1946 in Morgan County, W.Va., to the late Edward and Emma Lee Kaylor Cain. She is survived by two sons, Joseph Franklin Leary, Jr. and his wife, […]

Bobbie C. McCoy 1932-2019 Bobbie Carol McCoy, age 86, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Wednesday, January 9, 2019 at Samaritan Hospice in Mount Holly, N.J. Born May 18, 1932 in Waynesboro, Miss., she was the daughter of the late Mike Arthur and Edna Elmyra Bennett Arrington. She was a member of Faith Bible Church in […]

James L. Teague 1962-2019 James Lycurgus Teague, 56, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born June 24, 1962 in Little Rock, Ark., he is the son of Uvonne Katherine Blalock Orcutt and the late James Edgar Teague. He attended schools in […]