1957-2018 Brian D. Kesecker, Sr., 60, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility in Kearneysville. Born July 9, 1957 in Martinsburg, he was the son of the late Bernard Mack and Ethel Lorena Barnhart Kesecker. He was a member of Warm Springs Bapist Church. He was […]

1943-2018 Delores S. Pownell, 75, of Hedgesville, died Saturday, June 9, 2018 at her home. Born January 29, 1943 in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late James Roland and Thelma McDaniel Pitzer. She was a Christian. She attended school in Martinsburg. She worked as a receptionist for Dr. Pepper for over 25 years […]

1925-2018 Frances Bowling Webb, 93 of Cross Junction, Va., formerly of Olive Hill, Tenn., died Saturday, April 28, 2018. Born January 12, 1925 in Olive Hill, she was the daughter of the late Joe Martin and Rebecca Williams Bowling. She was a retired United States postal worker, where she worked her way up to senior […]

 1955-2018 Lindsay Herbert Bohrer, 63, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, June 18, 2018 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born March 10, 1955 at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Herbert Hoover and Betty Lou Shade Bohrer. He was a member […]

by Geoff Fox A New Creek, W.Va., man is being held in West Virginia on charges resulting from a strong armed robbery that occurred in the early morning hours of June 23 at the Rocky Gap Casino in Flintstone. According to Maryland State Police, casino employees notified troopers from the Maryland State Police Barrack in […]

by Kate Shunney The results of an autopsy report from the State Medical Examiner’s office support the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department findings earlier this year that a father and son found dead in a burned house last November had been shot prior to the blaze, according to a June 21 press release by Sheriff K.C. […]

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. John Mundey was named as a winner of the 2018 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition Best Warrior and Best Noncommissioned Officer in a ceremony at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville, N.C., on Friday, June 15. Thirty-six U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from U.S. Army Reserve commands throughout the world, with occupations […]

by Jamie Harris It seems each year a prolific group of male or female cross country and track athletes graduate Berkeley Springs High School with numerous state championships or all-state honors. In the past, names such as Valerie Peer, Rachel Buser, Megan Mock, Tone Belt, Lenny Hovermale, Shaun Spielman, Corey Shetler, Danielle Haynes, Kinsey Reed, […]

by Kate Shunney Paul Zimmerman swears he isn’t that good at playing the tuba. He’s been playing it for more than 75 years. Mostly for fun, he says. For 40 years of his musical hobby, Zimmerman hefted the large brass instrument onto vans, into cars, up on parade floats and around his shoulder as a […]

The Maryland Public Service Commission will hold two public hearings this month on the application by Columbia Gas of Maryland to adopt a new gas system infrastructure and improvement plan and the surcharge to fund it. Columbia’s program, known as STRIDE (for strategic infrastructure development and enhancement) would result in a monthly surcharge at the […]