Pam Bergmann took this photo of the low water bridge over Sleepy Creek on Saturday, January 25. Rains on Friday made streams swell and rivers rise in the region. The low water bridge was closed to traffic until Monday morning, January 27.

by Kate Shunney Police have charged a man with kidnapping and wanton endangerment with a firearm after responding to a Great Cacapon residence late on Friday, January 24 and finding a woman being held against her will in a Hammond Street home. According to a criminal complaint filed in Morgan County Magistrate Court by Deputy […]

by Geoff Fox A resolution to amend Hancock’s zoning ordinance would create and define a Downtown District, encouraging the economic development of the historic downtown for retail, hospitality, services and tourism. The geographic boundaries of the proposed district would be between Church Street and the 522 Bridge over Main Street. It would also include parcels […]

by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board held a special meeting on Monday, January 27 to consider the employment and evaluation of School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle. Board president Aaron Close said Monday morning that the school board is looking forward to offering Tuttle a longer contract as superintendent.  She was hired as an interim […]

George H. Sanchuk 1924-2020 George Harry Sanchuk, age 95, of Warfordsburg, Pa., passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2020, at his home. Born in Austria, April 28, 1924, he was the son of the late Dan and Anna (Gilete) Sanchuk; and the husband of Carol Jean (Reed) Sanchuk. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy; […]

Edgar Aubrey Varner 1929-2020 Edgar Aubrey Varner passed away at his home in Warfordsburg, Pa. on January 14, 2020. He was born June 11, 1929 in Hagerstown, Md. He was the son of the late Edgar William Varner and the late Edna Anna Petre Varner. He attended Hagerstown High School. He was a veteran of […]

Betty J. Bratton 1945-2020 Betty Jane Bratton, age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Sunday, January 26, 2020 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born June 8, 1945 in Martinsburg, Pa., she was the daughter of the late William H. and Mabel Ruth Baker Cunningham. She was a member of Union Chapel United Methodist […]

Glenn L. Lambert Glenn Lee Lambert, 83, of Cumberland, Md., died Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Visitation was Sunday, January 26 at Kimble Funeral Home, Paw Paw. Funeral was Monday, January 27 at Paw Paw Church of God. Interment at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Points.

James Franklin Miller 1930-2020 James (Jim) Franklin Miller passed away on January 20, 2020. Jim was born on his family’s farm off of Route 522 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. on November 21, 1930, the son of Charles Edward Miller, Sr. and Mary Ethel Michael, Mr. Miller was a true son of Morgan County. He attended […]

Margaret A. Michael 1941-2020 Margaret Ann Michael, age 78, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born July 15, 1941 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Dayton Calvin Michael and the late Margaret Eliza Kyne Michael Rankin. She was of the […]