by Geoff Fox Last September, the town of Hancock held a ceremony at the Hancock Veterans Memorial to dedicate the new veterans banners and to rename the road in Widmeyer Park from Park Road to Hancock Veterans Parkway. Since that dedication, banners honoring Hancock veterans have lined the road. Two of those banners by the […]

West Virginia Board of Education president David Perry (front left) and State School Superintendent Dr. Steven Paine (front middle) listen while board member Thomas Campbell (front right) makes a point during the board’s May 8 meeting at Berkeley Springs High School. by Kate Evans The West Virginia Board of Education held its May 8 meeting […]

by Kate Shunney During their annual visit to Hancock to hold an evening meeting, the Washington County Baord of Commissioners opened their brief agenda of business by recognizing Hancock-area business Lanco Pennland for their recent successes and continuing growth. Each year, Hancock’s mayor nominates an individual or business for recognition and this year it was […]

by Kate Evans Warm Springs Middle School eighth graders Matthew Leasure, Emma Christie and Trent Ao are the 2019 Morgan County winners of the Golden Horseshoe Award. The prestigious award recognizes state students that excel in West Virginia history and culture and is given to the top-scoring students on the Golden Horseshoe exam in each […]

Gerald L. McCusker 1958-2019 Gerald Lee McCusker, age 60, of Hancock, Md., passed away at the Winchester Medical Center, in Winchester, Va., on Monday, May 6, 2019. Born December 17, 1958, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Kenneth and Bertha (Helmick) McCusker; and the husband of Tina (Burdette) McCusker. He […]

Jean E. Kiel 1952-2019 Jean Elizabeth Kiel, 67, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility in Kearneysville. Born January 26, 1952 in Republican City, Neb., she was the daughter of the late Erwin A. and Mildred E. Schachterle Kiel. She was a Christian. She earned her master’s […]

Shane A. Ginevan 1978-2019 Shane A. Ginevan, 41, of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, April 28, 2019 in Beckley. Born February 13, 1978 at Cumberland Memorial Hospital in Cumberland, he was the son of the late Darryl and Vivian Hayes Ginevan. He was a spiritual man. He was a graduate of Paw Paw High School. He worked […]

Warren D. Warfield 1958-2019 Warren Dudley Warfield, 60, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Md. Born October 20, 1958 in Howard County, Md., he was the son of David and Mency Warfield and the late Helene Grey Warfield. He was a Christian. He was a graduate […]

Dayton R. Yost 1965-2019 Dayton Ronald Yost, 53, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, May 13, 2019 while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born May 25, 1965 in Morgan County, he is the son of Dayton Bernard and Carolyn Hope Zuck Yost both of Berkeley Springs. He graduated from Berkeley Springs High School. He was […]

Kenneth E. Anderson 1933-2019 Kenneth Eugene Anderson, 86, of Paw Paw, W.Va., passed away on Friday, May 10, 2019 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, Va. Born on February 27, 1933 in Paw Paw, W.Va., he was the son of the late Joshua P. Anderson and Dorothy May Whitacre. He was a veteran of the US […]