RIPPON, W.Va. — A Mount Hope woman who was killed while working flag operations last week in Jefferson County will be laid to rest this weekend. Kathy Ruth, 62, was standing on the shoulder of Rt. 340 in the work zone and had traffic stopped when a vehicle driven by a Harpers Ferry woman swerved…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The first black woman to become a licensed horse trainer was born in Charles Town in 1920. Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop had a pony as a little girl, according to her daughter, LaVerne Bishop. Her love for horses was sealed when a family visiting from New York took her to the racetrack in…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – Martinsburg police answered a ‘shots fired’ call in downtown Wednesday afternoon. Chief of Police Erin Gibbons tells The Panhandle News Network the incident occurred in the 500 block of North Queen Street April 10th around 2 p.m. Officers found evidence of a shooting but do not believe anyone was struck by…
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Town of Bath is inviting volunteers to help out Friday and Saturday as the Warm Springs Watershed Association and Friends of the North Berkeley Rail Trail host a clean-up of the stream and banks of Warm Springs Run between North Berkeley Park and Jimstown Road. On Friday, April 12, volunteers…