Coryl L. Jones 1936-2020 Coryl LaRue Jones, age 84, of Washington, D.C. and Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at her home in Great Cacapon. Born February 25, 1936 in Houston, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Raymond Lamar and Margaret Mark Jones. She earned her PhD and had worked […]

John Puffinberger 1945-2020 John Puffinberger, 75, of Cross Junction, Va., died Friday, August 14, 2020 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Va. He was born May 1, 1945 in Berkeley Springs, son of the late Minnie Puffinberger Stotler. He worked as a groundskeeper for Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs and National Fruit Products in […]

by Jamie Harris Barring any changes from the WVSSAC the fall sports season of 2020-2021 will kick-off on Monday, August 17. All Morgan County  Middle School and  High School student athletes in grades six through 12 are reminded that they must have a WVSSAC physical and a 2.0 GPA (from the second semester from the […]

by Jim Buzzerd Getting down to it The Mid-American conference has decided to not play football this fall. The original sentence included the Big 10 as a second FBS conference that has cancelled football this fall. Monday media types were Tweeting that the Big 10 presidents were ready to cancel the season or postpone it […]

State disease tracking reports that five Morgan County residents are currently sick from COVID-19, as of Tuesday morning. Three cases have been confirmed by lab test and another is a probable case. Twenty-five county residents have recovered from the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. Morgan County’s case numbers remain low compared to neighboring areas. […]

by KATE EVANS Morgan County Schools is one of five West Virginia counties that were approved for the Mountain State Digital Literacy Pilot Program. The other counties approved for the pilot program are Kanawha County, Clay County, Gilmer County and Marion County. Morgan County Schools Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said it’s a five-year pilot project. The digital […]

A Frederick woman has been charged with felony forgery after allegedly trying to get prescription medications from Walgreens under a different name. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court, Stephanie E. Faustino, 24, of Frederick, Md. was charged with seven counts of the felony on August 4. Cpl. S.R. Smith of […]

by Kate Evans Average temperatures for the month of July have varied slightly over the last 10 years in our area, ranging from 74 degrees to 79 degrees. There has been a slight warming trend over the last 10 to 20 years, said National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Geiger from the Baltimore-Washington D.C. Weather Forecast […]

by Geoff Fox A Boonsboro man who taught at Hancock Middle-Senior High School has been charged by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with engaging in a sexual relationship with a student. According to a release on the Sheriff’s Office social media page, the initial complaint was made to the Hancock Police Department. Police conducted a […]

by KATE SHUNNEY Tatum True delivers a school backpack to a student’s vehicle at the August 8 Hancock Helping Hands event. Kim Dodson, center, collects items for a family as her son Keith steps in to help. Vehicles lined up along the park road on Saturday morning for the Hancock Helping Hands supply distribution. Logan True […]