HAGERSTOWN, MD — The 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be making a stop in Hagerstown Tuesday. The 2024 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be making a stop in Hagerstown on Tuesday as part of its four-thousand-mile journey from Alaska to Washington, DC. Alaska’s National Forests, the Society of American Foresters and 84 Lumber, are bringing…
HAGERSTOWN, MD — Police in Hagerstown say they have made an arrest in a shooting last week that injured a man. On November 15th, Officers of the Hagerstown Police Department located the suspect in the Monday 11/11/24 shooting incident. He is identified as Cameron Taylor Cross, age 27 of Hagerstown. Charges included Attempted 1st degree…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — In its latest installment of Community Conversations, the Stubblefield Institute, in cooperation with the Panhandle News Network, brought a panel of experts together to answer the public’s questions regarding the West Virginia First Foundation and its oversight of more than $1 billion in opioid settlement funds set to come to the Mountain…
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…