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- Christmas Cash For Kids Kicks off 20th Season Providing Gifts to Children in Berkeley, Jefferson, Morgan Counties November 3, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Christmas Cash For Kids kicked off its 20th season Monday in Martinsburg. The donation-driven effort helped 366 families last year, including 714 children across Berkeley, Morgan, and Jefferson Counties have a brighter Christmas. The DHHR’s Kathy Bradley has been with the effort since its start. She tells The Panhandle News Network the…[email protected]
- Musselman High School Cross Country Coach Out on Bail Following Arrest October 30, 2025INWOOD, W.Va. — A Cross Country Coach and employee of Musselman High School is out on bond following his arrest this week. Hunter Reed, 25, was arrested October 27th and charged with solicitation of a minor by means other than computer, a felony. Magistrate court records indicate the charge is related to an incident that…[email protected]
- Remembering Reverend Robert White whose “Way of Life Broadcast” aired 58 years on WEPM October 30, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A staple of WEPM’s Sunday morning lineup has passed away. Reverend Robert Lee White of Kearneysville was 94 when he passed away Sunday, October 26, 2025. In February, he announced he was preaching his last sermons on his Way of Life broadcast after 58 years on the air. He said the Lord…[email protected]
- Day 29: Shutdown is “taking a toll” October 29, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — It’s Day 29 of the government shutdown. US Senator Shelley Moore Capito said it’s time to open the government. “Here’s where I am. I voted 13 times to open up the government quite simply so that we can continue to pay everybody. There’s a real simple solution here. Open the government.” Appearing…[email protected]
- Shepherdstown Announces Street Closures for Trick or Treating October 29, 2025SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Officials in Shepherdstown have announced Trick-or-Treating Street Closures. Trick-or-Treating will take place this Friday, Oct. 31, from 6–8pm. To help ensure pedestrian safety during the evening’s festivities, the Town will implement temporary road closures in several high foot-traffic areas: • German Street: Church Street to Mill Street • King Street: Old Queen’s…[email protected]
- Falling Waters Man Dead After Suffering Medical Episode and Wrecking Tractor Trailer in Franklin County October 27, 2025STATE LINE, PA — A Falling Waters man died after driving off a road near Antrip Township Thursday afternoon. State Police in Pennsylvania tell WHP TV out of Harrisburg 55-year-old Desmond Pantaja was driving an International Harvester tractor trailer along Molly Pitcher Highway in Antrim Township near Greenview Drive when suffered a possible medical episode…[email protected]
- Morgan County Schools Taking Steps To Curb Absenteeism October 24, 2025BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Morgan County Schools set a goal to have fewer than 15 percent of students chronically absent. No school has hit it in the first quarter, but the school district says they are “moving in the right direction.” Morgan County Schools’ goal for the 2025–2026 school year is to have less than…[email protected]
- Jefferson County Woman Could Spend a Decade Behind Bars for Forging Public Document in an Attempt to Set up a Business October 24, 2025CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A Jefferson County woman is going to prison following her conviction earlier this year on charges she forged a public document in an attempt to fraudulently create a new business. Dana Marie Phillips, 53, was originally indicted in April by the Jefferson County Grand Jury on two felony counts of Forgery…[email protected]
- Martinsburg Fugitive arrested in Clarksburg October 24, 2025–Story by MetroNews reporter Joe Nelson CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A Martinsburg man who was wanted on violations of federal supervised release was arrested in Clarksburg Thursday afternoon after an attempt to flee police. The United States Marshals Service said Chad Berry, 37, is in custody for violating terms of supervised release following a 2017 felony…[email protected]
- 92 Indictments Handed Down During October Grand Jury Term in Berkeley County October 24, 2025MARTINSBURG, W. Va. –92 indictments were handed down by the latest iteration of the Berkeley County grand jury. Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph R. Kinser has announced that on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, the October 2025 term of Grand Jury was convened at the Berkeley County Judicial Center. Grand Jury deliberations lasted through Thursday, October…[email protected]