David I. Redmon, Sr. 1939-2019 David Isiah Redmon, Sr., age 81, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Wednesday, April 10, 2019 at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va. Born February 7, 1939 in Washington, D.C. he was the son of the late George Thomas and Marian Beech Redmon. He attended Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church […]

Eugene H. Mulder 1934-2019 Eugene H. “Gene” Mulder, age 85, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., began his ultimate adventure on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 with his loving wife, Lynn, by his side. Formerly of Blue Island, Illinois, he was born to his mother and father February 6, 1934. Gene was the loving and supportive husband of […]

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Boys and Girls Track Teams ventured into Pennsylvania for a meet with host Mercersburg Academy, Faith Christian and Lighthouse Christian Academy on Tuesday, April 9. Both of the programs finished in second place behind Mercersburg Academy. On the girls side the Lady Indians finished with 62 […]

Berkeley Springs High School catcher Colby Farris goes for the ball that was a little too late for him to get the Frankfort runner out last week.see story on page 11 of The April 17 Morgan Messenger.photo by Lori Younker

by Jim Buzzerd QB still up for grabs The West Virginia University Football Team concluded spring practice last Saturday with new head coach Neal Brown’s first Blue-Gold Game. Temperatures approached 70 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. That was a big improvement from a year ago when the game was scrapped due to winter like weather […]

by Kate Evans Two men are accused of breaking into two walk-in food storage units at Paw Paw Schools and stealing a considerable amount of food following an early morning food delivery last Thursday, April 11. The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department received a report that morning that someone had broken into the Paw Paw Schools […]

Worn by decades of being left and forgotten, the train signals will be taken to Frederick and restored by the and replaced to the locations along the Hancock portion of the Western Maryland Rail Trail to where they once stood. by GEOFF FOX Train signals that have been dormant for decades will be seeing new […]

Morgan County’s own competition cheer team, WSW Empire, Reign took first place in the Platinum Nationals competition held in Reading, Pa. on March 31. This is the second first place national title for the freshman team. The Morgan County-based Empire Cheer program is a competitive cheer squad that branched off of the Warm Springs Wolves […]

The Maryland spring turkey season begins tomorrow, April 18, and continues through May 23. For the first part of the regular hunting season, April 18-May 9, hunting is allowed from one half-hour before sunrise until noon. Throughout the rest of the season, May 10-23, hunting hours are one half-hour before sunrise until sunset. “Wild turkeys […]

Sami Hufham, 5, of Berkeley Springs will be the one to ride the grand prize bicycle given away at the Hancock Community Easter Egg Hunt. Hufham’s grandmother, Connie French of Hancock, was the winner of the bicycle. Danielle Hufham, left, stands with son Sami. The bicycle was donated to the event by C&O Bike and […]