by Kate Evans TarabRaqs, a Berkeley Springs family’s Middle Eastern music and dance ensemble, will be featured again in a second mini-documentary filmed and produced by the Middle Eastern Broadcast Network (MBN), a U.S. State Department-funded Arabic-language news organization located in Washington, D.C. MBN film crews came to the home of TarabRaqs band members Jennifer […]

by Geoff Fox This coming Sunday, November 11, is Veterans Day and also the 100th anniversary of the end to a war that was to end all wars – World War I. And to commemorate the anniversary, there will be a WWI presentation at 4 p.m. in the Hancock Community Center. Over the past few […]

A Hedgesville husband and wife were arrested on Friday, November 2 after police were called to a residence on Bernice Drive, near Pleasant View, for a domestic disturbance shortly before 3 p.m. Officers from both the Morgan County Sheriffs Department and the West Virginia State Police responded to the call, in which a family member […]

A vehicle was pulled from the Cacapon River on Sunday after getting stuck on the low water bridge. Two people from the Baltimore area were rescued from an island in the Cacapon River on Sunday, November 4 after their vehicle got stuck on a flooded bridge on Powerhouse Road. Deputy Chris Roper and Chief Johnnie […]

by Geoff Fox The Hancock Lions Club honored local veterans on their float and played patriotic music as they went down the parade route. The Creek family had a paddy wagon with Hancock Police on the side and dirt bike rolling through town during the parade. The Creeks took home the Novelty Unit award. The […]

Republican political newcomer Sean Forney has won a six-year term on Sean Forney the Morgan County Commission, pushing out former commissioner and Democrat Stacy Schultz in the county’s most contentious political race this cycle. Forney took 4,197 votes in the election while Schultz pulled in 1,828. Unaffiliated Codi Ford, a third candidate for the county […]

Richard L. Knight 1939-2018 Richard “Dick” Lee Knight, 79, of Hagerstown, Md., went to be with his Lord and Savior, Thursday, November 1, 2018, at the Meritus Medical Center. Born Thursday, April 13, 1939 in Hancock, Md., he was the son of the late George E. Knight and the late Henrietta V. (Snow) Knight. Dick […]

Dale L. Sheppard 1968-2018 Dale Lynn Sheppard, 50, of Fayetteville, Pa., passed away unexpectedly Monday evening, October 29, 2018 at his home. Born March 15, 1968 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of Donald Sheppard and the late Charlotte Whisner Sheppard who preceded him in death in October of 2017. He served as […]

Darrell S. Cowgill 1939-2018 Darrell Sheldon Cowgill of Newark, Del., 79, died November 4, 2018 after a battle with cancer. He was born to the late Virginia and Welby Cowgill on April 6, 1939 and was raised in Paw Paw. He was a skilled, self-taught musician who played Bluegrass and Country music. He liked word […]

Donald C. Cross, Sr. 1930-2018 Donald Clarence Cross, Sr., 88, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, October 29, 2018 at his home. Born April 20, 1930 in Everett, Pa., he was the son of the late Frank Edward Youngblood and Mary Banita Rankin Cross Youngblood. He was a Protestant. He graduated from Fort Hill High School in Cumberland, Md. […]