by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board honored longtime county school PASS coordinator Karen Whisner at their December 17 meeting for 25 years of service to the school system. Whisner, of Great Cacapon. is retiring as the coordinator of the countywide student support program, Providing Academic and Self-Esteem Support[Read More…]
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Walter sworn in as Morgan County Sheriff
New sidewalks on Independence St. favored by good weather
by Trish Rudder The new sidewalks going in on East Independence Street have been poured, taking advantage of recent days where temperatures were well above the required 35 degrees. As part of the town Streetscape Phase 5 project, co-chair for the Town of Bath Streetscape committee Pete Brown, said in[Read More…]
Thorne to take Trump’s State Senate seat, GOP to select delegate for 89th district
Hampshire County State Delegate Darren Thorne has been appointed to fill the State Senate seat left vacant by Charles Trump IV, who has been elected to serve on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Trump resigned from his State Senate seat on December 10 and became effective that[Read More…]
Embattled gas pipeline project is now a go
by Kate Shunney Plans to connect a natural gas pipeline in Fulton County, Pa. to a regional supply line in Berkeley Springs are now taking shape on both sides of the Potomac River after years of legal wrangling. Horizontal drilling under the Potomac to run the 8-inch gas pipeline could[Read More…]
Widmyer Elementary teacher charged with child abuse in classroom incident
A teacher at Widmyer Elementary School in Berkeley Springs has been charged with three counts of felony child abuse causing injury following an investigation by Sgt. S. R. Smith of the West Virginia State Police. An arrest warrant for Jazmyn F. Rohrer, 28, was issued on December 13, according to[Read More…]
Hill pleads to sexual abuse charges, halting trial
Just as his trial was about to begin on charges of sexual abuse, sexual assault and failure to update a sex offender registry earlier this month, a Morgan County man pled guilty to several of the counts. Shannon Hill, 63, of Berkeley Springs was indicted this September on a second[Read More…]
Judge appoints Vince Shambaugh as Morgan County Magistrate
23rd Circuit Court Judge Laura Faircloth has appointed retired Morgan County sheriff Vince Shambaugh to the bench as Morgan County’s next Magistrate, following the resignation of Magistrate-elect K.C. Bohrer from the position. Bohrer announced on December 6 that he would not take office in January due to his close ties[Read More…]
Bohrer won’t take the bench as Magistrate, citing close ties to law enforcement
by Kate Shunney Morgan County’s outgoing Sheriff K.C. Bohrer was preparing for a career shift to the judiciary after being elected as one of two county magistrates in May. But training to take the bench in January has resulted in Bohrer offering his resignation as magistrate-elect to Judge Laura Faircloth,[Read More…]
Sager sentenced for role in drug trafficking organization
A West Virginia man has been sentenced for his role and a Virginia woman has admitted to her involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Berkeley, Morgan, and Hampshire Counties. Andrew Scott Sager, 55, of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for possession with[Read More…]
