The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Berkeley Springs man with kidnapping, domestic battery and obstructing an officer after an incident on Monday afternoon, January 3. Kenneth E. Merchant II, 36, was taken into custody after deputies investigated reports that a woman had been abducted along Tabor Road shortly after noon. According to Sheriff […]

End of year by Jim Buzzerd A busy week lies ahead, so this will be brief today. When the West Virginia University Football Team takes the field next Tuesday night against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, they will do so without Leddie Brown, its top tailback. Brown, who has been a true warrior for […]

Faun Maxine Sipes 1929-2021 Faun Maxine Sipes, age 92, of Greencastle, Pa., died on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at the Lynn Care Center in Front Royal, Va. Born February, 17, 1929 in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Raymond Theodore and Nellie Ada Smith Whisner. She was a member of The […]

James Earl Davis 1943-2021 James Earl “Jimmy” Davis, 78, of Palm Bay, Fla. where he had been living with and being well taken care of by his daughter Penny with her husband Rick for the past year, has left to forever be with Our Lord on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. Jimmy was born September 27, […]

Keith E. DeShong 1976-2021 Keith E. DeShong, 45, of Hedgesville, W.Va., passed away on Thursday, December 16, 2021, at his home. Born July 20, 1976, in West Chester, Pa., he was the son of Ronald and Deborah DeShong. He was employed by Metalfab in Frederick, Md. He was of Christian faith. He was an avid […]

Daniel Kaye Souders 1947-2021 Daniel Kaye Souders, 74, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at his home while under the care of hospice. Born October 27, 1947, in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late Carl Souders, Sr., and Hazel Creek Souders. He was a member of the St. […]

Roland Alston Bailey 1955-2021 Roland Alston Bailey, age 66, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center. Born July 2, 1955 in Baltimore, Md., he was the son of the late Bernard Alston and Frances Rebecca Henderson Bailey. He was a Protestant. Roland was a graduate of Paw Paw […]

David Paul Nesbitt 1951-2021 David Paul Nesbitt, 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. died December 19, 2021 at the VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. Born in Wheeling, W.Va. on December 7, 1951, he was the son of the late Paul Albert Nesbitt and the late Loretta (Rush) Nesbitt of Wheeling, W.Va. He was a 1969 […]

by Geoff Fox With Christmas days away, COVID numbers have seen a large surge due to the Omnicron variant. All case numbers are from the state and county. Within the state of Maryland, there have been 621,220 confirmed cases of COVID as of Monday afternoon. In Washington County, that number is 22,026. In the state […]

Members of Berkeley Springs High School’s National Honor Society collected over 150 toys for the annual Toys for Tots program. Pictured, from left, are: Alex McCusker, Britney Huntley, Cadence Carpenter, Ally McKinley, Lydia Fincham, Madison Adams and Jaidallyn Andrews.