Beverly Gates Sykes, Jr. 1935-2022 Beverly Gates Sykes, Jr., age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. Born September 14, 1935, in Newport News, Va., he was the son of the late Ruth Ellen Mills Tarter and[Read More…]
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Earl Lynn Fleegle
Earl Lynn Fleegle 1953-2022 Earl Lynn Fleegle, 69, Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away peacefully with his wife and son by his side, Friday, October 28, 2022, after a long battle with bladder cancer. Born January 12, 1953, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the middle of seven children of Emory and[Read More…]
Maryann Arlina Brown Mackey
Maryann Arlina Brown Mackey 1944-2022 Maryann Arlina Brown Mackey, 78 of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., departed this earthly life October 3, 2022 after a long illness. She was born September 4, 1944 to the late Waildia Madge Strader Brown and Edward Brown. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in[Read More…]
Sabrina Nicole McCoy
Sabrina Nicole McCoy 1968-2022 Sabrina Nicole “Bean” McCoy, age 54, of Hagerstown, Md., died on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at her home while under the care of Hospice of Washington County. Born February 15, 1968 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Richard David “Dick” McCoy[Read More…]
Stanley David Barnes
Stanley David Barnes 1930-2022 Stanley David Barnes, 91, passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at Stonerise Berkeley Springs Nursing Home. He was born December 10, 1930 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., the son of David T. and Evelyn V. Barnes. He joined the U.S. Marines in 1948 where he sustained permanent[Read More…]
West Virginia covered with most dazzling fall foliage of the decade
Travelers are encouraged to continuing sharing foliage videos to social media in exchange for exclusive merchandise WV Press Release Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Impressive fall color now covers the majority of the Mountain State as the West Virginia Department of Tourism continues to urge individuals to share current foliage conditions to[Read More…]
West Virginia Auditor’s Fraud Unit working to prevent officials’ misuse of public money; 40 convictions in less than four years
Along with investigators, Unit uses Artificial Intelligence platform to analyze P-card transactions by public employees By Matt Young WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “I’ve been an investigator and a prosecutor for three-decades now, and I couldn’t make heads or tails of what the reports were trying to say. It was[Read More…]
Police officer potentially exposed to Fentanyl in Briarwood arrest
The Morgan County Sheriff and three of his deputies responded to a call for assistance from a Morgan County home confinement deputy in detaining a man at an apartment on Briarwood Lane last Friday, October 21. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Cpl. Luke[Read More…]
Morgan County Sheriff’s Report
Sheriff K.C. Bohrer reports the following calls, investigations and reports for October 16-22: October 16 Deputy Hedrick performed directed patrol on V alley Road. Deputy Hedrick performed directed patrol at Berkeley Springs State Park (Town of Bath). October 17 Deputy Diehl investigated a crash on Cacapon Road. Deputy Roper conducted[Read More…]
County takes two-pronged approach to expand broadband internet access
by Kate Shunney Morgan County officials have heard plenty about the need for reliable and widespread broadband internet service to all residents over the years. As new streams of money have opened up at the state level to achieve complete broadband coverage across West Virginia, commissioners are casting their nets[Read More…]
