Jo Ann Swillinger 1930-2019 Jo Ann Swillinger, age 89, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died November 28, 2019 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born March 18, 1930 in Kentucky she was the daughter of the late Sidney and Anita Stewart Pring. She was a member of Greenwood Church. She graduated from Stonewall Jackson High […]

GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world on December 3, 2019 and every day.  This year Morgan County Starting Points is participating in Giving Tuesday and hopes you will support them in this effort. Created in 2012 as a simple idea, Giving […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board addressed at a number of issues including their 10-year facilities needs, board member and parent involvement in schools and mentoring new teachers and principals at a workshop at the end of their November 5 meeting. 10-year plan School board president Aaron Close raised the need for more […]

by Trish Rudder An $800 fine will be charged each time an unlawful fireworks is discharged, said the Bath Town Council after passing the second reading of the town’s fireworks ordinance on November 19. The ordinance will go into effect on or after December. According to the ordinance in the Town of Bath, the discharge […]

by Jim Buzzerd Friday should end it The West Virginia University Football Team fell to 4-7 Saturday losing to Oklahoma State 20-13 in a game they led until the final minute of the third period. That has been a common theme for WVU this season as the Mountaineers have taken teams well into the second […]

James F. Fink, Sr. 1944-2019 James “Jim” Franklin Fink, Sr., age 75, of Hancock, Md., passed away in his home on Friday, November 22, 2019. Born October 21, 1944, in Hancock, he was the son of the late Ernest L. and Mildred I. (Divelbliss) Fink. He attended Hancock public schools. Jim worked in heavy construction […]

Marie F. Shockey 1922-2019 Marie F. Shockey, age 96, passed away peacefully on November 18, 2019 at Hardin Memorial Hospital, Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was born on December 8, 1922 to Elsie and Edward Feltner in Bluemont, Va. Mrs. Shockey and her family traveled and worked out west for many years before moving to Frederick, Maryland. […]

This column originally appeared in the November 14, 2018 issue of The Morgan Messenger. It received second place for Best Sports Column for newspapers around the U.S. in the National Newspaper Association’s editorial contest for 2019. by Wade Shambaugh Even though I have been fortunate to hunt game animals in several different states and Canada, […]

Romo named Player of the Year Two Berkeley Springs High School Indians soccer players earned All PVC honors recently. Juniors Michael Kyne and Tristan Romo were tabbed to the team. Romo (24 goals) was named the Player of the Year for his dominant play on the pitch this past fall. All PVC Boys Soccer Team […]

Jim Buzzerd Several things I want to cover several things, time permitting, before the West Virginia University Basketball Team tips off against Northern Colorado in about an hour. I’m going to begin with the Mountaineers’ solid 24-20 upset of 24th ranked Kansas State on the road Saturday. It’s safe to say that win is the […]