Bunker Hill News

A local toy drive organized in memory of a local teen is set to continue this year, keeping the holiday spirit alive and making sure Christmas comes to children in need.

Just outside the 365 Church's center near Inwood on Sunday, churchgoers were busy loading dozens of fresh frozen turkeys into the back of Garth Richardson's blue Jeep Cherokee.

Recently the Berkeley County Historical Landmarks Commission received the forms and map from Michael Gioulis on the completion of a $10,000 survey grant through the Department of West Virginia Archives and History Division.

Outside Bunker Hill Elementary School, Mandy Davis' second-grade students marveled Tuesday at the up-armored Army Humveee parked just outside their classroom, giggling as they took turns sitting in the driver's seat and trying to lift a heavy camouflaged kevlar vest.

Investigators with the Frederick County Sheriff's Department have obtained information that a convicted sex offender currently wanted by the agency for a probation violation and multiple offenses has been seen in Berkeley County and may be in the Bunker Hill area.

A 20-year-old Bunker Hill, W.Va., man was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison for robbing a disabled man at gunpoint on a cold January night last year and leaving him along a dirt road without his cane.

A Charles Town man involved in a fatal accident last week that left a Virginia man dead and another man injured was driving with a blood alcohol concentration over twice the legal limit and tested positive for cocaine, according to medical records obtained by police.

Free meditation classes will be offered at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Martinsburg Room at the Martinsburg Public Library.

A Berkeley County man was in Eastern Regional Jail on Tuesday night, charged with robbing the ROCS convenience store off West King Street in Martinsburg with a pickax last month, according to jail and court records.

Morgan County War Memorial Hospital's Center for Rehab and Wellness will offer a free presentation "Fall into Good Health" at 4:30 p.m. today.

Howard Collins wasn't able to attend a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony this week for the new Potomac River Water Filtration Plant, but that doesn't mean his presence wasn't felt-and appreciated - by fellow Berkeley County Public Service Water District board members and officials.

Ruby Kern clearly recalls the 19 years she spent on the Bunker Hill Public Service District, especially the last six years that she served as its chairwoman.

Gail Ruby, a nurse, spends her days trying to comfort others. But on Saturday it was Ruby who found herself close to tears, partially because of her concerns about how she feels President Barack Obama and others are running the federal government.

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A 40-foot Garrison flag not only set the stage for state participants at Saturday's 9/12 March, it also inspired others, many of whom spent part of the afternoon volunteering to help display it.

Palettes that were displayed along downtown sidewalks all summer found a permanent home Saturday, when they were auctioned off to benefit Main Street Martinsburg.

A Bunker Hill man who pleaded guilty last month to causing a fatal traffic accident last year that left one woman dead and injured three other people was sentenced Monday in Berkeley County Circuit Court.

Police have filed additional charges against a Berkeley County couple now accused of abusing five children in their custody, depriving them of food, shooting them with BBs and bottle rockets, and other physically abusive treatment, according to court records.

The Jill S. Weekly Learning Center at the James Rumsey Technical Institute offers free programs to students 16 and older who are out of the public school system.

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