by Kate Evans The Morgan County School Board unanimously approved Morgan County Schools Superintendent Erich May’s contract for a two-year term of employment beginning July 1 at their May 22 meeting.  May has been serving as Interim Superintendent since Erich May. August 15. May’s salary for the first year of his term will be $105,120. […]

by Kate Shunney A group of Winchester mountain bikers have added several miles of trails at Cacapon State Park for cyclists and hikers, and plan to create several loops through the park forests in the future. The Winchester Wheelmen have coordinated their work with park officials, reopening old trails and creating new ones from the […]

Hancock’s Cora Keefer selected as Player of the Year by Jamie Harris and Bill Sterner The sports writers from The Morgan Messenger and The Hancock News  partnered with the athletic directors and head coaches from Berkeley Springs High School, Hancock High School and Paw Paw High School to select an All Area team for the […]

The Saga(ba) continues Fans of the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team received some good news last Thursday when sophomore center Sagaba Konate announced that he removed himself from the upcoming NBA draft and will return for his junior season at WVU. The announcement ended weeks of speculation that the rapidly improving native of Mali […]

by GEOFF FOX Pennsylvania State Police were led on a four-mile pursuit on Sunday evening, May 27, just after 8 p.m. that stretched from Needmore to Warfordsburg. According to police, police located a stolen white Subaru Impreza driven by Haley Elizabeth Biser, 19, of Frederick, when the attempted a traffic stop when Biser and her […]

A Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund poster carried by parade walkers bore the names and photos of Morgan County veterans that lost their lives in the Vietnam War. Veterans from the Tri-State Honor Guard led the 59th Annual William H. Norton Memorial Day parade in Paw Paw on Saturday. The parade and its annual festival and […]

 1940-2018 Rayetta Larue Gordon, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, WV, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at her daughters home surrounded by her loving family while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. Born November 1, 1940 in Hancock, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Edgar Elise Smith and Helen Louise […]

 1939-2018 Nicholas Paul Serdich, 79, of Berkeley Springs, died Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at his home. Born May 15, 1939 in Grant Town, he was the son of the late Joseph Leo and Marjorie Tarasuk Serdich. He was of the Catholic faith. He was a graduate of Fairview High School, Fairview and earned a Bachelor of Science […]

 1953-2018 Margaret Teresa Franklin, age 65, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., fell asleep with Jesus at her home on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Born April 29, 1953 in Leonardtown, Md., she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Ellen “Elvie” Catherine Gray Morgan. She was an active member at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Teresa was […]

 1926-2018 Jo Waits Ennis, 91, of Grantsville, Md., died Sunday, May 20, 2018 at Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, Pa. Born November 5, 1926 in Ballenger, Texas, she was the daughter of the late Newton Ernest and Edna Muriel Gulley Waits. She was an interpreter for the deaf at Deaf.net and was a part-time missionary for Chosen People Ministries. She was […]