Virginia police believe that a Berkeley Springs resident was the driver and lone victim in a single vehicle crash on U.S. 522 in Frederick County near Cross Junction on Tuesday, August 23. In a press release, the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office reported that the severity of the crash and vehicle fire afterwards complicated the identification […]
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Jazmine Briscoe crowned Miss Indian 2022
Miss Indian contents from left to right, Kierra Miller, Jazmine Briscoe and Destiny Parsell. photo by Lori Younker […]
Evelyn Eveon Hedges Smith Sims
Evelyn Eveon Hedges Smith Sims Evelyn Eveon Hedges Smith Sims, 84, of Hedgesville, W.Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 28, 2022. Born in Berkeley County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Charles N. Hedges and Emma Frances Riggs Hedges. She is survived by one daughter, Retta V. Henry and […]
Marilyn Rae Blair Slifer
Marilyn Rae Blair Slifer 1941-2022 Marilyn Rae (Blair) Slifer 81, of Danville, Ill., died on August 21, 2022 with her daughter by her side. Marilyn was born January 9, 1941 in Danville, Ill.; the daughter of Russell and Ethelmae (Harvey) Blair. She graduated from Catlin Township High School, Catlin, Ill. Class of 1959. She loved […]
Peggy Lee Omps
Peggy Lee Omps 1949-2022 Peggy Lee Omps, 73, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, August 27, 2022, at the Autumn Acres Personal Care Center. Peggy was born on July 19, 1949, Winchester, Va., the daughter of the late Ernest and Janet Yost Avey. She was a 1967 graduate of the Berkeley Springs High School […]
Guy Warren
Guy Warren 1938-2022 Guy Warren, age 83, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, formally of Baltimore, Maryland, passed away on Monday, August 22, 2022. Guy was born December 14, 1938 in Kingsport, Tennessee to parents Paris and Betty Warren; beloved husband of Doris Warren (nee Duff) and devoted father of Margaret Chewning, Wanda Turner (Jim), Guy Parish […]
Albert Rogers Diehl, Jr.
Albert Rogers Diehl, Jr. 1926-2022 Albert Rogers Diehl, Jr., age 95, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Stonerise Berkeley Springs. Born December 27, 1926 in Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of the late Albert Rogers Diehl, Sr. and Nellie Mae Brechbill Diehl. He was of Presbyterian Faith. Albert graduated […]
Benjamin Keith Douglas
Benjamin Keith Douglas 1996-2022 Benjamin Keith Douglas, age 25, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in Cross Junction, Va. as the result of a vehicle accident. Born November 9, 1996 at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, Md., he was the son of Keith Elwood and Cara Lee Michael Douglas, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Benjamin was […]
State pulls license from Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home, citing owner’s fitness & investigations into care of corpse
by Kate Shunney West Virginia’s Board of Funeral Service Examiners last Monday voted in an emergency meeting to suspend the license of Hunter-Anderson Funeral Home in Berkeley Springs. News of the state board’s vote was first reported by WV Metro News. The board’s vote followed on the heels of a Berkeley County misdemeanor case filed […]
Chip Shots – WVU in mock week mode
WVU in mock week mode by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University football team opens its season next Thursday night at Pitt, after an 11 year hiatus, and this week will serve as what head coach Neal Brown refers to as mock week, culminating with a mock game on Thursday. Mock week began Sunday and […]
