HAGERSTOWN, MD — A Hagerstown man has been indicted on federal charges after employees working on his phone discovered sexual images of adolescents. The Hagerstown Police Department reports the images were discovered in November when employees with a local cell phone store told police a man identified as William Foster Alger, age 75 of Hagerstown,…
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department says counterfeit 100 dollar bills were circulated at a local business last month. The bills in question were undetected by a detector pen used at the time. MCSD reports they took the report January 30th of “counterfeit one- hundred dollar bills being passed at the Family…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Two Eastern Panhandle residents have been found guilty of participating in what the United States Attorney’s office calls a “massive drug trafficking conspiracy” in the Eastern Panhandle. Thursday marked the latest convictions following an extensive investigation into the large-scale drug trafficking operation. The US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia…
HAGERSTOWN, MD — An officer involved in a foot pursuit was exposed to fentanyl, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Lt. Rebecca Fetchu tells the Panhandle News Network the officer was checked out and medically cleared after being struck “by a large amount of airborne powder” Tuesday from gel capsules the suspect threw into the…
FALLING WATERS, W.Va — The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department is Investigating a Homicide They were dispatched to a home at 45 Wisconsin Lane in Falling Waters February 3rd for a welfare check. There, they found a deceased male who appeared to have been murdered. Sheriff Blair broke the news on this morning’s Panhandle Live: The man…
Panhandle News Network — Both the Berkeley County and Jefferson County Boards of Education met Monday. Our Al Gaige brought some of the highlights. At the Berkeley County Board of Education meeting, Martinsburg High Football Coach David Walker recognized the football team for its recent state championship win. Board of Education President Long had this…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man and woman are dead after a murder-suicide that took place in the parking lot of the state police detachment in Martinsburg. Troopers said Jonathan and Melody Cook, both of Martinsburg, pulled into the lot at a few minutes after noon on Saturday with their 10-year-old daughter also in the vehicle.…
HAGERSTOWN, MD — Police in Hagerstown say a man was followed and targeted before he was shot in the neck near the 500 block of Frederick Street Thursday (January 29). Officers were called to the scene just after 9 Thursday night. They learned the victim had been shot through the neck and had run into…
MIDDLEWAY, W.Va, — A town established in the 1700s is now on an endangered list even as preservationists fight against a proposed water bottling facility they say would alter historic homes and change the town. On Tuesday, The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia announced it is adding the Middleway Historic District in Jefferson County to…
HALFWAY, MD — A Hagerstown woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving crashed into the back of a tractor trailer Wednesday morning. Hagerstown Police tell The Panhandle News Network it happened around 4 a.m. at the intersection of Halfway Boulevard and Interstate 81. Police and EMS attempted lifesaving measures for the driver of…