by Kate Evans A grand opening ceremony for the 9.92-acre Alex Rickli Memorial Soccer Complex will be held this Saturday, April 14 at noon. The soccer complex dedication will be held  at noon rain or shine, said Morgan County Parks and Recreation president Aaron Close.  Refreshments will be provided. Close said that the Morgan County […]

by KATE SHUNNEY The West Virginia Environmental Quality Board has denied a request by two Morgan County residents to move an appeal hearing on the Mountaineer Gas pipeline from Charleston to the Eastern Panhandle. In March, Susan Taylor Dropp and Laura Steepleton filed an appeal of Mountaineer Gas’ DEP stormwater permit, which was granted in […]

by KATE EVANS A grand opening ceremony for the 9.92-acre Alex Rickli Memorial Soccer Complex will be held this Saturday, April 14 at noon. The soccer complex dedication will be held at 12 noon rain or shine, said Morgan County Parks and Recreation president Aaron Close. Refreshments will be provided. Close said that the Morgan […]

A Monday afternoon vehicle accident on Martinsburg Road that involved a Morgan County school bus with no students on board and a passenger vehicle closed the roadway for half an hour and resulted in minor injuries to a driver, said Sheriff K.C. Bohrer in a press release today. According to police, Bus #194 had delivered […]

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a burglary that took place some time between Saturday afternoon, March 31, and Sunday morning, April 1 along Great Cove Road in Warfordsburg. Police said the victim reported someone entered a building along the 3300 block of Great Cove Road and damaging a car that was parked at the residence. […]

1954-2018 Karen Patricia Becker, 63, of Paw Paw, died Friday, April 6, 2018 at Western Maryland Regional Health Center in Cumberland, Md. She was born June 25, 1954 in Ft. Belvoir, Va., she was the daughter of Daniel Alonzo Venor and Margaret Giglio Venor. She was a registered nurse. She is survived by her husband Hamilton “Chuck” […]

1935-2018 Betty Jane Yost, 82, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at her home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born July 17, 1935 in Duffields, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Millard and Elsie Virginia Henry Seal. She was a member of Calvary Bible Church in Berkeley […]

Sarah Elizabeth Seaton, age 31, of Derwood, Md. and formerly of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, April 5, 2018. Services will be announced by Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union Street, Berkeley Springs.

1931-2018 Vernon Eugene Belford, 86, of Paw Paw, died Saturday, April 7, 2018 at Moran Manor in Westernport, Md., where he had resided for several years. He was born July 7, 1931 in Bethel, he was the son of the late John Emory Belford and Edith Loretta Ginevan Belford. He was a veteran, having served in […]

1926-2018 Dolores Rebecca (McKinley) Strock , age 92, of Hancock, Md., died on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Doey’s House in Hagerstown, Md. Born January 30, 1926, in Hancock, she was the daughter of the late Harry Grant and Reta (Cornelius) McKinley, and the widow of Harry E. Strock, Jr., whom she married on April […]