by Trish Rudder The Blessings Box by Brighter Horizons Kids Club won First Place in the “Deck the Meters” contest by the Town of Bath. Bath Municipal Court Clerk, Breauna Farris, who was in charge of the contest said the winners were voted on by the public through the Town[Read More…]

Federal funds handed down through state agencies will come to county government locally to continue two programs already in place in Morgan County. The Morgan County Commission has received a $25,000 grant under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP) to expand and improve substance use and mental[Read More…]

by Kate Evans Cases of COVID-19, seasonal influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) are increasing locally and nationwide with holiday gatherings and people spending more time indoors. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) officials issued a December 14 health alert about the low levels of vaccinations for flu, COVID[Read More…]

A Thursday morning accident on Martinsburg Road east of Berkeley Springs claimed the life of a Martinsburg man and injured a local resident who was able to walk away from the wreckage of the head-on collision. The accident happened shortly after 7:30 a.m.on Thursday, December 14. Joshua C. Catlett, 31,[Read More…]

by Kate Shunney West Virginia State Police Berkeley Springs barracks commander Sgt. Sam Smith was among 198 graduates of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, which held a graduation ceremony last Thursday, December 7. The 288th session of the National Academy consisted of men and women from 45 states[Read More…]

by Trish Rudder At the December 5 Bath Town Council meeting, Mayor Scott Merki said the town elected officials will take up the subject of the Historic Landmarks Commission and the town’s historic designation in January. “We are working on the SHPO letter,” Merki said of a letter from the[Read More…]

A Morgan County petit jury found a Martinsburg man guilty of manslaughter at the end of last week’s trial in Morgan county Circuit Court. Gabriel Cardwell, 22, was convicted by the jury, which deliberated for roughly 90 minutes on Friday morning, December 8. Jurors had heard three days of evidence[Read More…]

A Hampshire County resident who lived in the Woodrow area of Paw Paw was reported missing by his family last Tuesday and was found by search parties on Friday morning, December 8 in heavy brush near his residence. The man was deceased by the time he was found. Hampshire County[Read More…]

Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Hedgesville man on Monday, December 11 and charged him in the shooting death of his ex-wife. According to a press release from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office, Dennis Conley, 53, was arrested by deputies searching for him after his ex-wife was found shot to[Read More…]

Jurors were being selected on Tuesday morning for the trial of the man accused of the September 2022 stabbing death of Scott Mullen of Berkeley Springs. Gabriel Cardwell, 22, of Martinsburg was indicted in April for voluntary manslaughter in the killing. Cardwell is accused of stabbing Mullen to death during[Read More…]