Hay smolders on U.S. 522 in downtown Berkeley Springs after being pulled off a trailer. photo by Bob Wurster A trailer load of hay destined for a Virginia farm caught fire on Saturday, April 4 in downtown Berkeley Springs. The West Virginia Division of Highways shut down U.S. 522 for over an hour while firefighters […]

by Kate Shunney West Virginia Governor Jim Justice last Friday issued an Executive Order directly aimed at limiting the spread of a growing number of cases of coronavirus illness in the Eastern Panhandle. The order took effect at 12 a.m. on Saturday, April 4. The new rules come on top of West Virginia’s “Stay at […]

by Geoff Fox Fulton County become the final county in the tri-county area to have a confirmed COVID-19 case when, on April 5, the Fulton County Medical Center in McConnellsburg, Pa. announced the first positive case in the county. Fulton County was also the last county along the Maryland border to report a positive case. […]

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a burglary that occurred along High Germany Road in Warfordsburg where money and a gun were taken. According to police, sometime between March 20 and March 23, an 80-year old victim reported an assorted coin collection, a .38 caliber Lyman “Cap and Ball” rifle, and cash were stolen from his […]

by Geoff Fox Hancock Mayor Ralph Salvagno announced Monday the town has developed a Pandemic Planning and Response Plan designed to be put into effect in the event of a crisis, such as COVID-19 and future events, that directly impact Hancock and the surrounding area. Work on the plan started last week and was finalized […]

Richard C. Eckley 1934-2020 Richard Carlyle Eckley, “Dick the Dog,” age 85, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020 at his home. Born June 21, 1934, in Kalamazoo, Mich., the son of the late John Eckley and Genevieve (Rix) Nichols. He was an active member and friend to everyone at the Warfordsburg […]

Adona (Brown) Burnett Adona (Brown) Burnett, age 90, our precious and faithful mother, passed away peacefully in the early morning hours of April 6, 2020, surrounded by her family at her daughter’s home in Fishersville, Va. She was born in Richfield, Ut., to the late Alburn Adonis and Clara Ellen (Ellett) Brown; the fifth child […]

Patricia Lorraine (Wachter) Zilch 1935-2020 Patricia Lorraine (Wachter) Zilch, age 84, quietly departed this life on Friday, April 3, 2020, in the Heartland Healthcare and Hospice, in Chesterfield, Va. She was born in Hancock, Md., on April 22, 1935, the daughter of the late Willard Reed and Gladys Pauline (Phillips) Wachter and the widow of […]

Amy C. Barnes 1924-2020 Amy C. Barnes, 95, of Winchester, Va., died Sunday, April 5, 2020. She was born June 22, 1924 in Morgan County, the daughter of the late Peter H. Henry and Hattie Henry Henry. She is survived by her husband Stanley D. Barnes of Winchester; daughter, Anna Lee Frederick, Berkeley Springs; two […]

Margaret A. Kline 1935-2020 Margaret Ann Kline, 84, of Paw Paw, died Friday, April 3, 2020 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland, Md. She was born August 24, 1935 at Moorefield and was the daughter of the late Roy Sherman and Margaret Smith Sherman. She graduated from Shepherd College and was a home […]