CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia School Building Authority is hearing requests from more than 30 counties for grants under the state’s needs program over the next two days. That includes a couple of requests from the Eastern Panhandle. Morgan County is requesting around $4.5 million for funding for roof replacements at Warm Spring Intermediate…
BURLINGTON, W.Va. – Road work on I-81 will be conducted overnight as the West Virginia DOH is attempting to limit the impact to the motoring public. The West Virginia Division of Highways tells The Panhandle News Network the two left lanes will be closed on southbound Interstate 81, between mile marker 18 and mile marker…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Christmas Cash For Kids kicked off its 20th season Monday in Martinsburg. The donation-driven effort helped 366 families last year, including 714 children across Berkeley, Morgan, and Jefferson Counties have a brighter Christmas. The DHHR’s Kathy Bradley has been with the effort since its start. She tells The Panhandle News Network the…
INWOOD, W.Va. — A Cross Country Coach and employee of Musselman High School is out on bond following his arrest this week. Hunter Reed, 25, was arrested October 27th and charged with solicitation of a minor by means other than computer, a felony. Magistrate court records indicate the charge is related to an incident that…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A staple of WEPM’s Sunday morning lineup has passed away. Reverend Robert Lee White of Kearneysville was 94 when he passed away Sunday, October 26, 2025. In February, he announced he was preaching his last sermons on his Way of Life broadcast after 58 years on the air. He said the Lord…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It’s Day 29 of the government shutdown. US Senator Shelley Moore Capito said it’s time to open the government. “Here’s where I am. I voted 13 times to open up the government quite simply so that we can continue to pay everybody. There’s a real simple solution here. Open the government.” Appearing…
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Officials in Shepherdstown have announced Trick-or-Treating Street Closures. Trick-or-Treating will take place this Friday, Oct. 31, from 6–8pm. To help ensure pedestrian safety during the evening’s festivities, the Town will implement temporary road closures in several high foot-traffic areas: • German Street: Church Street to Mill Street • King Street: Old Queen’s…
STATE LINE, PA — A Falling Waters man died after driving off a road near Antrip Township Thursday afternoon. State Police in Pennsylvania tell WHP TV out of Harrisburg 55-year-old Desmond Pantaja was driving an International Harvester tractor trailer along Molly Pitcher Highway in Antrim Township near Greenview Drive when suffered a possible medical episode…
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Morgan County Schools set a goal to have fewer than 15 percent of students chronically absent. No school has hit it in the first quarter, but the school district says they are “moving in the right direction.” Morgan County Schools’ goal for the 2025–2026 school year is to have less than…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A Jefferson County woman is going to prison following her conviction earlier this year on charges she forged a public document in an attempt to fraudulently create a new business. Dana Marie Phillips, 53, was originally indicted in April by the Jefferson County Grand Jury on two felony counts of Forgery…