by Jim Buzzerd   Rudderless? Maybe it was me who jinxed the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team several weeks ago when I dismissed the notion that the Mountaineers would be a 10-loss team. Yeah, before the season began I would have been happy to sign off on a 20 win regular season. Especially considering […]

by Trish Rudder On February 18, Johnny McGuire, the new police officer for the Berkeley Springs Poli Newly hired Berkeley Springs Police Department officer, Johnny McGuire (left) joined the department last week. He is pictured here with Police Chief T.J. Johnson. ce Department, was sworn in and began working for the town. McGuire was introduced […]

by Geoff Fox Mayor Ralph Salvagno delivered the State of the Town during the February town meeting. He addressed making a healthy Hancock, starting a monthly coffee session with the mayor, and other positives from the previous year. Mayor Ralph Salvagno gave his State of the Town address during the February town meeting noting some […]

by Trish Rudder The Berkeley Springs driver who caused a fatal crash in early May 2019 was sentenced to home confinement for one year in Morgan County Circuit Court last Thursday. Bryce G. Waugh, 18, had pled no contest to one count of negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, in Morgan County Circuit Court in January. He […]

by Trish Rudder The Town of Bath Council held an emergency meeting on Monday, February 24 to discuss what the town could do to thwart the impact of /West Virginia Senate Bill 657 that authorizes the Department of Commerce to assist tourism development in the 12 Class 4 municipalities in West Virginia that has a […]

by Kate Evans Sandy Mellott was recently named Morgan County Unit Director of the Boys and Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle. Sandy Mellott is the new Morgan County Unit Director of the Boys and Girls Club of the Eastern Panhandle. Mellott began working for the Morgan County club 20 years ago. She was first […]

by Kate Evans Firefighters were busy responding to multiple large brush fires that occurred in Berkeley Springs and Great Cacapon last Saturday. According to a Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company press release, their company was alerted around 11:22 a.m. Saturday morning February 22 for a reported brush fire in the 4200 block of River Road. […]

by Kate Shunney The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Monday rejected an appeal by Erick Shute of his conviction in July 2018 for three counts of murder and several other felonies in Morgan County. Justices also denied Shute’s argument that the Morgan County Circuit Court and Circuit Judge Steven Redding erred in sentencing […]

Robert D. Shives 1927-2020 Robert D. Shives, 92, of Mercersburg, Pa., died Friday, February 21, 2020 at Manor Care Nursing Home in Chambersburg, Pa. Born September 3, 1927 in Little Cove, Pa., he was a son of the late Benjamin F. and Effie C. Rager Shives. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He worked at […]

Keith T. Tomlinson 1930-2020 Keith Thomas Tomlinson, 89, of Paw Paw, died Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at his home. Born April 28, 1930 in Lynchburg, S.C., he was the son of the late Charles and Mary E. Hinson Tomlinson. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 16 years, the U.S. Navy for four years then […]