MARTINSBURG, W.Va – Story updated on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 3:38 pm The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office released a statement from Sheriff Rob Blair on Wednesday addressing an investigation into the department by the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office. “Since taking office on January 18, 2024, I have pledged the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office’s 100%…
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…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office has released an unofficial report on early voting. In the Eastern Panhandle, these are the preliminary numbers as of the close of the Early Voting Period Saturday: County Name Democratic Republican Mountain …
BALTIMORE, MD — The identity of the man who died in custody Saturday in Hagerstown has been released, as well as the names of officers from the Hagerstown Police Department whose actions are being looked into during the ensuing In Custody Death investigation. A press release shared by the HPD says the following: The Independent…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The Jefferson County Board of Education met Monday. Our Al Gaige brought some of the top stories from that meeting. Deputy Superintendent of Operations, Joyce White. updated the Board of the Ranson Elementary Construction. Assistant Superintendent White also had a positive report concerning the progress of the construction for the New…
WASHINGTON, DC — A West Virginia man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement and other charges related to his alleged conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Michael Adams, 41, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with a felony…
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office Early Voting Report added a little something extra on Wednesday when it broke down the number of registered voters from different political parties in the state who were taking advantage of early voting. The official numbers from that report indicate voting at the close of…
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Voters in Berkeley County are taking advantage of the three early voting locations, averaging 2,900 a day. When the early voting period began Wednesday of last week, some voters reported a two-hour wait time, but Berkeley County Clerk Tony Petrucci says those wait times are down to about an hour or less this…