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Berkeley Springs W.Va — Story by Daniel Woods The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 14-year old reported missing on Sunday afternoon has been found. The search began Sunday night utilizing search dogs from neighboring Frederick County, Virginia, but was halted due to the darkness and continued into a daytime search on Monday. The […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 18, 2024, 9:22 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — A daytime search effort is underway in Morgan County for a teenager who was reported missing Sunday afternoon from the 1100 block of New Hope Road.   Morgan County Sheriff KC Bohrer says the 14-year-old is new to the area and has never ventured out this far before. The teen, described […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 18, 2024, 3:29 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. —  The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating a daytime search this morning for a teenage boy who went missing from the 1100 block of New Hope Road Sunday afternoon. Sheriff KC Bohrer says his department was notified late Sunday and while they started a search then, they did not find the […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 18, 2024, 12:23 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. —  There has been a search all night for a teenager missing out of Morgan County. Morgan County Chief Deputy Johnny Walter says the youth has been missing since Sunday afternoon: Walter said the department has been looking all night for the 14-year-old, who is described as a Latino male, 5 feet […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 18, 2024, 11:23 am
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — Harpers Ferry Water Works is releasing information regarding a proposed rate increase ahead of an upcoming public hearing. The Water Commission of the Harpers Ferry Town Council will hold an open meeting of a proposed increase in the water tariff of the Harpers Ferry Water Works. Town Council Public Hearing Place: Harpers […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 15, 2024, 4:33 pm
BEDINGTON, W.Va. — A project that will turn a former DuPont plant on the Potomac River into a 100-megawatt solar energy facility got the green light from the West Virginia Public Service Commission Wednesday. Bedington Energy Facility, LLC, applied for the solar siting certificate on Dec. 8, 2023, to locate the plant on the former […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 14, 2024, 2:45 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — There’s an update on US 522 bypass work. The West Virginia Division of Highways District 5 Construction Engineer Daniel Watts says work on the Berkeley Spring Bypass, US 522, project continues as crews are currently working on waterlines. In April, crews will begin to construct a roundabout on the southern end […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 13, 2024, 6:00 pm
NPS — The National Park Service (NPS) is continuing to seek tips from the public to aid in the ongoing investigation of an aggravated assault near Point of Rocks in Frederick, MD that occurred in the evening of March 6, 2024 and a related incident that occurred in the afternoon of March 10, 2024. A press […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 13, 2024, 5:48 pm
HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — You could say support for Berkeley County Meals on Wheels is ‘growing.’ Executive Director Dianne Waldron announced this week that Hedgesville High School FFA students had over an acre of farmland donated to them. Waldron says the students will plant, potatoes, radishes, beets, carrots, and onions and donate the fresh produce to […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 13, 2024, 5:05 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  An Inwood man has admitted to fraudulently taking over a quarter of a million dollars from his father. The U.S. Attorney’s office reports Joseph Beach, 54, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. According to court documents and statements made in court, Beach was the fiduciary for his father, who is […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 13, 2024, 5:00 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Morgan County Emergency Services and their partner agencies are hoping to “address” an ongoing issue. According to a note this week on their social media pages, there are continuing issues with improper addresses being used as well as addresses not being displayed or being displayed improperly. “While this may not seem […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 13, 2024, 4:49 pm
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Two Jefferson County commissioners face 42 charges based on their refusal to attend meetings and conduct the business of the county. The charges were filed by the State Police and under the oversight of a special prosecutor, John Ours of Grant County, late last week against Tricia Jackson and Jennifer Krouse. […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 12, 2024, 5:29 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Jefferson County woman was sentenced in federal court last week for nearly three years in prison on charges she sold fentanyl on a college campus. The U.S. Attorney’s office tells The Panhandle News Network Hannah Marie Behm, 54, of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 11, 2024, 2:55 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The City of Martinsburg Releases Thursday’s City Council Meeting Agenda ahead of the March 14th meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 6:30 PM in the George Karos Community Room of the Martinsburg Police Department at 125 W. Race Street in Martinsburg. Agenda  1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Salute to Flag […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 11, 2024, 2:24 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County’s Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect that eluded law enforcement officers in the early hours of Friday Morning. At approximately 12:24 am on Friday, March 8th, BCSD Deputy Miller was on routine patrol in the 1700 block of Williamsport Pike and observed a black sport […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 8, 2024, 5:28 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore has been a proponent of the Hope Scholarship program, an education savings account (ESA) program that allows families to use the state portion of their education funding to tailor an individualized learning experience. The money can be used toward home school curriculum, private schooling, or tutoring. […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 7, 2024, 6:31 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Quintel N. Owens, age 39, of Katy, Texas, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for selling fentanyl in the Eastern Panhandle. The US Attorney’s office says Owens sold more than 780 grams of fentanyl in Berkeley County over a period of several months. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Omps-Botteicher prosecuted the […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 7, 2024, 4:52 pm
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A New York man received his sentence Wednesday for threatening to kill U.S. Senator Joe Manchin two years ago. According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Robert F. Crosson, 60, was sentenced to 16 months in prison. That time will be followed by […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 7, 2024, 1:09 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  A Morgan County man has been sentenced in federal court after prosecutors alleged he illegally purchased weapons and sold those firearms to others. Some of the firearms were recovered as part of criminal investigations in other states. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld tells the Panhandle News Network that Kenneth Carey Markley,  45, of […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 6, 2024, 5:32 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. —  A relatively new initiative to protect domestic violence victims has netted a Jefferson County a decade-long sentence in prison on federal charges involving domestic violence and firearms. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld’s office says Paul Richard Tomlinson, 24, of Harpers Ferry was sentenced this week to ten years in federal prison for interstate violation […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 6, 2024, 5:26 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A Berkeley County man has been sentenced to serve six years in prison on federal firearms and drug charges.        The U.S. Attorney’s office reports Austin M. Ferguson, 28, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced to 72 months in federal prison for the distribution of fentanyl and possession of a […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 6, 2024, 5:19 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – A Berkeley County man has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison after being found with illicit drugs and  drug paraphernalia.  The U.S. Attorney’s office reports Javier Lewis Howard, age 41, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison to be followed by three years of […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 6, 2024, 5:16 pm
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — The beginning of the year marks budget time for area county commissions. This week, The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office made public its Fiscal Year 2025 presentation packet provided to the Jefferson County Commission.      
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 5, 2024, 5:04 pm
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Board of Education met Monday, March 4th. Our correspondent Al Gaige put together some highlights, first highlighting local educators who go “above and beyond” in their field. They’re teachers who have submitted to the rigors of the National Board Teachers Certified program. Anne Laskey gave a presentation at the Berkeley […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 5, 2024, 4:38 pm
CHARLESTON, WV – Eight bridge projects are among 16 construction contracts awarded by the West Virginia Division of Highways on Thursday, February 29, 2024, and Friday, March 1, 2024. Among them is a more than $800 thousand project in Berkeley County and a nearly $600 thousand dollar project in Jefferson County.          The contracts […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 4, 2024, 4:03 pm
CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  The month of March means the return of burning restrictions.   As of Friday, emergency officials in Morgan County said they had already gotten “several” calls regarding controlled burns in the county. The West Virginia Division of Forestry says outdoor burning hours are now in place from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m., which […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 4, 2024, 12:22 pm
WILLIAMSPORT AND SMITHSBURG MD — Over the weekend marked a “historic milestone” as volunteer EMS employees from Williamsport Fire/EMS and Smithsburg EMS transitioned into County employment. The Board of County Commissioners expressed “a special thank you to all involved for their dedication. The Board of County Commissioners continues to support public safety through funding and initiatives.” […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 4, 2024, 12:08 pm
SPRING MILLS, W.Va. — A Berkeley County man died in a motorcycle crash late Saturday night near Spring Mills. State police said Ronald Mumma, 36, of Falling Waters, lost control of his motorcycle northbound in the 3200 block of Williamsport Pike at just before midnight. Troopers said the bike went off the road and hit […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 4, 2024, 12:01 pm
BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The Morgan County Commission has released an updated agenda ahead of its meeting this Wednesday: March 6, 2024 9:30am Call to Order – The Honorable Kimberly Nickles, Morgan County Clerk Items from the Public / Miscellaneous Discussion Review and Approval of Agenda Administration Items • Approval of Meeting Minutes 2/21/2024 • […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 4, 2024, 11:58 am
BURLINGTON, WV – The West Virginia Division of Highways has a traffic alert for Berkeley County. Swinging Bridge Road, County Route 18/1, in Berkeley County, will be closed at the Snyder’s Ford Bridge, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on Monday, March 18, 2024, to allow for bridge inspection operations. Exact schedule is weather dependent. […]
Author: Marsha Chwalik
Posted: March 1, 2024, 6:19 pm