MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The first degree murder case of a Martinsburg man accused in the shooting death of another will be bound on to circuit court. That ruling was handed down Monday morning in Berkeley County Magistrate Mary Laing’s courtroom. 53-year-old Steven Tracy Beach of Martinsburg stands accused of one count each of First and…

BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — A multi-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning halted traffic on the northbound lanes of Interstate 81 for hours. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office tells The Panhandle News Network deputies were called out at 2:37 Tuesday morning (May 13th) to an area near the four mile marker of the interstate just south of…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  Six more people have been sentenced for their roles in a major drug trafficking organization responsible for the distribution of large quantities of illegal drugs in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties. A press release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia last week provided details. Gary Brown, Jr.,…

BOLIVAR, W.Va. — An accident Wednesday night on Rt. 340 in Jefferson County claimed the life of a Maryland man. Lt. R. S. Sell of the Jefferson County Sheriff Office tells The Panhandle News Network John Drake, 24, of Burkittsville, Maryland was traveling just east of the traffic light with West Washington Street near Bolivar…

BURLINGTON, W.Va. – There will be new traffic patterns on Apple Harvest Drive, WV 45 East and West, in Martinsburg from the Queen Street Exits to the Commons, beginning this week. The West Virginia Division of Highways says the patterns could shift and change daily as work is being done at night to prepare for…

WASHINGTON COUNTY, MD — Two people are dead after they were struck by a MARC train in southern Washington County on Tuesday evening. The Maryland Transit Administration says the victims were walking on the train tracks when they were struck by the train that was on the way from Washington, DC to Harpers Ferry, West…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Board of Education met Monday.  Our reporter Clint Gaige brought back the following highlights: At Monday’s Berkeley County Board of Education meeting during the citizen’s forum, one citizen had concerns about the staffing crisis in the county The Board does not respond to citizen comments. In other business, the…

INWOOD, W.Va. — A two-vehicle crash in south Berkeley County Monday injured three people Monday afternoon. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office tells The Panhandle News Network deputies were called out at 4:41p.m. to the intersection of Rt. 51 (Middleway Pike) and Webber Springs Drive for a crash involving two vehicles. There they found a brown…

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The man killed in Jefferson County during Saturday afternoon’s storms in the Eastern Panhandle has been identified. Jefferson County Sheriff Chief Deputy Victor Lupis confirmed the individual killed when a tree fell on a golf cart at Locust Hill Golf Course in Charles Town has been identified as Tyler Sigler, 28,…

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Storms that blew through the Eastern Panhandle claimed one person’s life and seriously injured another when their golf cart was struck by a falling tree at Locust Hill Golf Course.  The call came out to first responders just before 5:00 Saturday afternoon.  A spokesman with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s department confirmed the…

  BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Drought conditions are hanging on in the Eastern Panhandle.  This week, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its latest monthly drought outlook for May 2025, showing where drought is expected to improve, worsen, or remain the same over the next month. The Eastern Panhandle, including Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan Counties persist…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Governor’s Highway Safety Program is encouraging young people to “Drive Safely Through the Prom and Graduation Season.” Approximately 300 teens have died in alcohol-related traffic crashes during prom weekends over the past several years, according to NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).  The GHSP says talking on a cell phone can double…

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Country Roads Angel Network held its 2025 meeting in Shepherdstown this week. The collaboration provides accredited investors the opportunity to invest in and mentor West Virginia-based start-ups. At Wednesday’s meeting at the Bavarian Inn, CRAN announced its latest round of investments totaling $202,500 in three innovative startups in higher education, technology, and…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — “Time is Brain” when it comes to medical emergencies involving the brain.  That’s why doctors, radiologists, and healthcare administrators were on hand in Martinsburg Tuesday for the ribbon cutting on a state-of-the art radiology suite specifically designed to bring cutting edge technology to both diagnose and treat complicated conditions involving the brain,…

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — On today’s Panhandle Live, we talked about the WVBA broadcasters awards ceremony from Saturday night.   We also sat down with Delegates Lisa White (96th) and Chris Anders (97th) of Berkeley County to talk about the session and their upcoming May 6th Town Hall meeting.   Valley Health’s  Jennifer (Jenny) Reed MSN, RN  Psychiatric…