MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Saying there have been more than 30 such incidents in the city since November, Martinsburg Police Chief Erin Gibbons says they are getting closer to closing in on a suspect accused of damaging windows around Martinsburg with a BB gun.  Gibbons says he asked for the public’s help, and the public came…

SPRING MILLS, W.Va. — One teenager faces a firearms charge and another juvenile could face charges after the first reportedly pulled a firearm out from under his shirt and placed it in a vehicle – in the parking lot of Spring Mills High School. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network the…

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — A Widmyer Elementary School teacher was arrested this week on child abuse charges. Jazmyn Rohrer was charged Monday with three counts of child abuse by a person in a position of trust. Morgan County Schools issued a statement explaining school officials made a mandatory report of potential abuse to the appropriate…

HAGERSTOWN, MD — The Washington County Sheriff’s Department says a man was found dead in the road after having been struck by a vehicle. Deputies were dispatched Friday (December 13) just after 8 p.m. to the area of Pennsylvania Ave, between Maugans Avenue and North Pointe Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland, for a pedestrian struck by a motor…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The delegate elected to represent the 91st district out of South Berkeley County is being held in the Eastern Regional Jail this afternoon on $300,000 cash bond after allegedly threatening to kill fellow lawmakers. Joseph deSoto, 61, of Gerrardstown was arrested just after midnight and on Thursday appeared before Berkeley County Magistrate…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An incoming state delegate, Joseph de Soto of Berkeley County, has been arrested by State Police on allegations that he threatened other delegates. De Soto’s arrest occurred early this morning, according to a press release from the West Virginia State Police. He was charged with making threats of terrorist acts and listed…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man walking along the side of a road in Berkeley County was killed Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle. West Virginia State Police report being dispatched just before 7 p.m. to the 100 block of Baker Road in Berkeley County for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Senator Charles Trump, R-Morgan, has resigned that body ahead of being sworn in as a newly-elected state Supreme Court justice. “It has been the great honor and privilege of my life to serve with you and our colleagues in the Senate over these last ten years,” Trump wrote in his resignation…

BERKELEY COUNTY, W.Va. — A former deputy clerk in the Berkeley County Clerk’s office was sentenced this week to a lengthy prison term following a guilty plea to fraud that cost tax payers more than a quarter of a million dollars. Melissa Joanna Beavers, the former deputy clerk in Berkeley County, was sentenced Monday in…

  MORGAN COUNTY, W.Va. — Firefighting crews from multiple states battled a mountain fire in Morgan County over the weekend that stretched across approximately 130 acres of state and private land, including parts of Cacapon State park, according to West Virginia Division of Forestry Region 2 forester Rosalie Santerre. The blaze, dubbed the Cacapon Mount Fire…

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Newly elected Morgan County Magistrate KC Bohrer has tendered his resignation after undergoing Magistrate training where he experienced an ethical dilemma. In his resignation letter, dated December 6th, Bohrer said he was presented with a difficult decision upon learning that Judicial Canons “require a magistrate to disassociate themselves from law enforcement affiliations…

WILLIAMSPORT, MD — A tractor trailer fire this morning in Williamsport impacted traffic into the morning commute on both I-70 and I-81. . A listener to Today’s 97.5 reported the tractor trailer fire to the Panhandle News Network, saying the incident happened in the Eastbound lanes along the 26 mile marker. Williamsport Fire & EMS…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — When Saint Joseph High School opens in Martinsburg next school year, they’ll do so with two unique partnerships. High school level courses will be back on the campus for the first time in more than 50 years. Ahead of the 2025-2026 school year, they are making plans for curriculum that will include…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Michele Gay lost her daughter during the Sandy Hook school shooting nearly 12 years ago on December 14th 2012, and since then she’s founded Safe and Sound Schools. She’ll be among the speakers coming to Martinsburg Monday and Tuesday for the Eastern West Virginia Safety Summit for Schools & Communities.  She talked about…

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — One man was seriously injured and another arrested after a stabbing incident Sunday, December 1st in Charles Town. The Charles Town Police Department reports officers responded to the 100 block of Shutter Street for a 9-1-1 call hung up. While units were responding to the scene, the call was upgraded to…