EASTERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. — Some familiar faces have been tapped for the West Virginia First Foundation’s inaugural Region 2 Regional Expert Panel. The panel represents Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, Berkeley, Jefferson, Pendleton and Morgan Counties. A press release from the WVFF explains, “These local leaders will serve as key advisors in shaping WVFF’s efforts to…
Note: This story has been edited to reflect that the shooting did not occur at the Rutters gas station. MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man was shot and another charged with attempted murder after an incident early Tuesday morning in Berkeley County. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network deputies were dispatched along…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — On the agenda for Monday’s meeting for the Berkeley County Board of Education was a motion by Superintendent Dr. Ryan Saxe to “abolish Berkeley County File IDF: Equity and Inclusion.” The Equity and Inclusion policy, which was first drafted in 1982, ” sets forth the requirement for equity and inclusion for schools…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A formal admonishment has been handed down by the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission against former Berkeley County Magistrate David DeHaven, who resigned his post and was replaced by Sandy Hamilton last month. That public admonishment accuses DeHaven of allowing a co-defendant to act as a lawyer in a child neglect case and…
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park rangers are seeking the public’s help in locating a man they believe was involved in indecent exposure and a lewd act a the park June 3rd. Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may be able to identify possible suspects is asked to conact…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Stephens City, Virginia man facing charges in the April 6th crash that killed a Williamsport Maryland woman has waived his right to a preliminary hearing. His defense attorney hopes to argue that a DUI Causing Death charge is inappropriate in the case. The crash occurred around 10 p.m. April 6th near…
HAGERSTOWN, MD —The Hagerstown Police Department officer shot during Thursday morning’s incident has been identified as K9 Officer Langley Dean, a 19-year veteran of the police department. After the arrest of Daniel Anderson for the shooting of Officer Dean, HPD Detectives and members of the Western Maryland Regional Crime Lab processed the scene. During the…
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Berkeley County Sheriff’s Deputies this week arrested a man wanted in an armed robbery out of Morgan County. BCSD Chief Deputy of Staff Eric D. Burnett tells The Panhandle News Network a man and woman had been robbed of $1,900 and a cell phone after the suspect, identified as Daniel Speilman, 19,…
HAGERSTOWN, MD — The Hagerstown Police Department has issued an update in the case of an HPD officer who was shot by a man barricaded in a home off Forrest Drive Thursday morning. Just before 10 a.m., HPD reported the unidentified officer was out of surgery and is in recovery. Hagerstown Police officers remain on…
INWOOD, W.Va. — A woman is dead and a man facing murder charges following a call to a home off Sulphur Springs Road in Inwood Tuesday. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network they answered a ‘physical disturbance call’ June 10th at the home at 473 Sulphur Springs Road at 3:15 p.m.…