by Kate Evans School Treasurer Ann Bell’s mid-year financial review presentation at the March 1 Morgan County School Board showed increases in tax revenue, salaries and benefits and supplies and decreases in state aid and federal revenue. Bell said that the regular state levy collections were up $165,937 and special levy collections had increased by […]

Mark Joseph Smith 1953-2022 Mark Joseph Smith, 69, passed away Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at The University of Maryland Capital Regional Health, Largo, Md. Born February 19, 1953, in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of Dr. Joseph Hurst Smith and Mildred L. Fox and the husband of Tammy S. (Yost) Smith. He was a […]

Beulah Joan “Jo” Shaw 1935-2022 Beulah Joan “Jo” Shaw, 87, formerly of Buck Valley Road, Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on March 2, 2022, at the Fulton County Medical Center. Born January 14, 1935, in Needmore, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Carl and Ruth Garland. She was the widow of Gerald W. Shaw. […]

Sherrilyn Marie Landmann 1955-2022 Sherrilyn Marie Landmann, age 66, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Sunday, February 27, 2022, of pancreatic cancer, at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born June 23, 1955 in Detroit, Mich., she was the daughter of the late Lynwood Gordon and Beverly Jean Pefley Perkins. […]

William Joseph Nichols 1953-2022 William Joseph “Joe” Nichols, age 69, of Martinsburg, W.Va., formerly of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Thursday, February 17, 2022 at his home. Born May 19, 1953 at Charleston Memorial Hospital in Charleston, W.Va., he was the son of the late Dr. Samuel Irving and Jeanne Marie Hill Nichols. Joe was a […]

Kenneth Wayne Hutchinson 1954-2022 Kenneth Wayne “Kenny” Hutchinson, age 67, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., passed away on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born October 3, 1954 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Irvin Arley, Sr. and Marian Delores Piper Hutchinson. He was a […]

John Mark Shambaugh 1962-2022 The family of John Mark Shambaugh would like to invite family and friends for a Celebration of Life Service held on Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 2 p.m., located at Calvary United Methodist Church, 5317 Central Avenue, Great Cacapon, West Virginia. Following the service, there will be refreshments and fellowship. John was […]

Basil A. Whittaker Basil A. Whittaker, age 86, died on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at War Memorial Hospital. Please share an afternoon with us in remembering Basil Whittaker (August 17th, 1935 – March 1st, 2022) at a celebration of life graveside service and dinner. Your presence there would be a delight to us if you […]

Another streak by Jim Buzzerd The West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team used much of January to go on a seven-game losing streak. The Mountaineers ended that skid on February 8 with a 79-63 home win over Iowa State. West Virginia has since gone on a six-game losing streak heading into last night’s game at […]

Rev. Alice Madeline Davis 1926-2022 Rev. Alice Madeline Davis, 96, Warfordsburg, passed away Saturday, February 26, 2022, at Meritus Medical Center, Hagerstown, Md. Born January 16, 1926, in Barnum, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Willie and Nellie Bray and the widow of Rev. George W. Davis, whom she married on July 18, […]