Investigators with the West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office are seeking the public’s help in locating potential witnesses who were in the area of last month’s arson in Baker Heights that resulted in the death of a West Virginia Air National Guard firefighter.
THIS WEEK
CHARLES TOWN – Hospital workers, emergency first responders, and nursing home residents and staff in the Eastern Panhandle should soon begin to receive coronavirus vaccines delivered this week to the Eastern Panhandle.
The West Virginia Public Service Commission has received an application to build Jefferson County’s first solar farm facility.
CHARLES TOWN – A full year ago Jefferson County planning officials began the public process to consider whether and, if so, how to allow large-scale solar energy generating operations as a restricted land-use activity within the county.
RANSON – Haley Theilgaard remembers her first medical emergency call. It was in October, approaching midnight. The 911 dispatcher relayed that a woman was having trouble breathing.
CHARLES TOWN – As the number of coronavirus infections rapidly rises, the chances are increasing that the Jefferson County Health Department may give you a call.
CHARLES TOWN – Richard Wahl keeps sandbags ready under a bench next to the front door of his East Liberty Street vintage furniture shop.
MARTINSBURG – Three Maryland men allegedly involved in a violent drug-related murder last spring near Rippon, a crime that led to the killings of two innocent bystanders, are facing federal trials on kidnapping and conspiracy charges.
Are cars really speeding through your neighborhood as they might seem? When does rush hour takes place in your community? How many heavy trucks, or school buses perhaps, roll through that busy intersection your child crosses to get to school?
OPINION
As the old Woody Guthrie song goes, “This land is your land, this land is my land.”
There’s no doubt that this has been one of the worst years that the United States Postal Service has seen in decades.
SPORTS
Last week marked the second full week of live racing in 2021 at Charles Town and the blend of maiden special weight races and allowance events offered a contrast to the chilly conditions that prevailed each night.
A groundswell of voices across the Mountain State seeking an earlier resumption of winter sports has caught the ear of Gov. Jim Justice.
By Ted Black
Will wonders never cease?
Grace F. Rowland, 91, of Charles Town passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at her residence.
William Paul Reed III, of O’Fallon, MO, born in Martinsburg, WV on February 7, 1969 went Home to his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Naomi and William Paul Reed, Sr. and Iley O. and Charlotte H. Weller and his uncle, Mark Reed. Will …
Elwood Ira (Boo) Breeden, Jr., 62, of Shenandoah Junction passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021 at the George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC.
Stanley Graves Benner, 101, of Shenandoah Junction, passed away Sunday, January 17, at Canterbury Center in Shepherdstown.
Sarah Josephine Chicchirichi, 97, of Charles Town, WV passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Ballenger Creek Center in Frederick, MD.
David Ray Rickard, Sr., 82, of Shenandoah Junction passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 at his residence under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. He was surrounded by his loving family as he passed away peacefully.
Edward Lee Boyd, 85, of Rippon passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021 at his home.
Michael Leigh Covington, 69, of Kearneysville, WV passed away January 13, 2021 at his residence.
Francis “Hugh” Muse, 83, of Ranson, WV passed away January 15, 2021 at his residence.