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…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A man from El Salvador is named in a murder indictment handed up this week by the Jefferson County grand jury. The panel indicted David Antonio Calderon, 46, in connection with last May’s death of Samantha Dailey, 32, of Charles Town. Investigators allege Calderon, who they say was in the U.S.…
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The main building at Coolfont Resort will be a “complete loss,” according to Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company Chief James Steiner. Steiner confirms to the Panhandle News Network that crews were out most of the night battling the fire at the historic Morgan County resort after the call came…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A private philanthropic organization is conducting research on the impact of direct cash payments to lower income mothers who are expecting, Secretary of the West Virginia Women’s Commission Jill Upson talked about the project: The Bridge Project operates on the idea that “The earliest days of a child’s life are a crucial period…
WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS For Tuesday, January 21, 2025 WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Berkeley County Schools – *All Berkeley County Schools (PreK-12) will be closed tomorrow, January 21, 2025. Evening activities are canceled. This is the first of five remote learning days. Students have received instructions to get connected and stay on track. Click the link…