HAGERSTOWN, MD — A man who police say was shot in the leg Monday in Hagerstown was shot again, this time in the shoulder early Friday morning. Hagerstown Police Lt. Rebecca Fetchu tells the Panhandle News Network that 2:40 a.m. Friday, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of W. Franklin Street for the report…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Vote canvassing was completed in Berkeley County over a two day period this week, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Berkeley County Clerk Tony Petrucci was a guest on Thursday’s Panhandle Live to talk about it: He explained some confusion when a candidate for a different district’s House of Delegate race was on a…
CHARLESTON, W.Va.– There is progress happening at Martinsburg North Middle School. Principal Kevin Pittsnoggle and members of the Berkeley County Schools Administration delivered an update to members of the West Virginia Board of Education this week in Charleston. For Pittsnoggle, the challenge of reigning in the troubled school is personal. “My first teaching position was…
ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Maryland State Highway Administration is warning motorists of an increase in horse and buggy traffic in Southern and Western Maryland this month. Citing the fact that Maryland has a significant Amish population, especially in Southern and Western Maryland, the MSHA says, “November is the month that our Amish neighbors celebrate weddings.…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — In what amounts to a stay of execution regarding the possible closure of a Jefferson County elementary school, the Jefferson County Board of Education voted to table the idea of closing North Jefferson Elementary. NJES had been the subject of public meetings as the school system seeks out efficiencies and considered…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Those who attend this 8th installment of the yearly parade honoring veterans downtown will be part of something special. The Martinsburg Veterans Day Parade is this Saturday, November 9th. Kathy Stotler is a member of the Community Veterans Engagement Board and the organizer of the parade. Kathy Stotler laid out the details,…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Friday marked the 19th year for Christmas Cash For Kids in the Eastern Panhandle. Here’s Chief Elf Becky Linton, who along with the DHHR’s Kathy Bradley, answered a call 19 years ago and along with friends from radio stations WEPM and WLTF, made sure kids had toys at Christmas. Last year, the…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — After an issue involving two precincts in Berkeley County, results were finally tabulated overnight. That county’s results played in to a few multi-county races. As to what the unofficial results are as of Wednesday morning, In the 15th District Senatorial race, Republican Tom Willis garnered 74 percent of the vote over Democrat…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Students in Berkeley County Schools will no longer have to pay for breakfast or lunch, beginning Wednesday, November 6th, that after a vote by the Berkeley County Board of Education to expand the district’s Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) program. BCS will now implement CEP as a pilot program for the remainder 2024-2025…
LEETOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office was on scene mid morning Monday after a fire at a home off Sulphur Springs Road in Jefferson County. Chief Mike Mood of the Middleway Fire Department tells The Panhandle News Network crews were called out at 3:52 a.m. to the home. There is one confirmed fatality…