Spring football by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University football team has been participating in spring drills since March 21 and will culminate with its annual Gold-Blue Spring Football Game, presented by Encova, on Saturday, April 22, at 1 p.m., at Milan Puskar Stadium. Game tickets are available in advance[Read More…]
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Deborah Lynn Gotcher Stanger
Deborah Lynn Gotcher Stanger 1952-2023 Deborah Lynn Gotcher Stanger, age 71, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., surrounded by her husband, son and daughter by her side, went to Our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born March 24, 1952 in Brownwood,[Read More…]
Mary Ellen Bohrer
Mary Ellen Bohrer 1925-2023 Mary Ellen (Hixon) Bohrer, Hagerstown, Md., went to her eternal home on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, surrounded by her loving family. She was born Sunday, January 11, 1925, at the Hixon family farm near Hancock, Md. She was the daughter of the late Elmer T.[Read More…]
Richard Wayne Butler
Richard Wayne Butler 1928-2023 Richard Wayne Butler, age 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Born October 21, 1928 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Albert McKinley and Opal Fay Dawson Butler. He was a Christian. Richard was a graduate of[Read More…]
Janice R. Trail
Janice R. Trail 1933-2023 Janice R. Trail, 90, passed away Monday, April 10, 2023, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., where she was a resident of the Extended Care Unit. Born March 2, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Jess and Janet Apple and the widow[Read More…]
Linda Cheryl Caldwell
Linda Cheryl Caldwell 1944-2023 Linda Cheryl Caldwell, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Care Facility in Kearneysville, W.Va. Born August 10, 1944 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Claude Arles and Dolores Dakota[Read More…]
Phone outages make a mess – especially for courts, inmates in southern West Virginia
By By Josephine E. Moore The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A man at Southern Regional Jail in Raleigh County had to wait in prison an additional three days after making bail because the phone and fax lines at the Raleigh County Courthouse were down. “I bonded a guy last Monday, and[Read More…]
WVU Center for Black Culture and Research prepares for leadership transition
WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A higher education administrator with experience in student and intercultural engagement will usher in a new era for the West Virginia University Center for Black Culture and Research. Javier McCoy, who currently oversees campus-wide initiatives as the assistant director of Inclusive Leadership and Intercultural Engagement in the Division of Student[Read More…]
WV Spring Turkey Season opens April 17
WV Press Release Sharing SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Turkey hunting returns to West Virginia this weekend with the annual two-day youth season on April 15–16. The regular spring gobbler season opens on April 17 and will run for five weeks until May 21. During the season, hunters may harvest one bearded[Read More…]
Families of local students to get summer food benefits on P-EBT cards
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) has received approval from the United States Department of Agriculture to issue Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT). The federal COVID-19 public health emergency is ending, and West Virginia will issue a final P-EBT benefit for the covered summer period.[Read More…]
