Hedgesville News

A husband and wife were both shot in the head Friday night at a residence on McCoy's Ferry Road, according to a Berkeley County Sheriff's Department press release.

'Twas the month before Christmas and all through the town, the shoppers went scurrying for the best deals around.

Caroline Miskovsky, resident of Hedgesville, a freshman at American University, has been selected into the prestigious American University School of Public Affairs Leadership Program.

Socks, pencils, toothbrushes, toothpaste, crayons, stickers, bags of hard candy and other items lined tables near J.C. Penney and Radio Shack Saturday afternoon at the Martinsburg Mall.

A little pocket change goes a long way, a lesson which Hedgesville Elementary students learned firsthand last week during a weeklong fundraising campaign held at the school.

The Berkeley County Sheriff's Department is crediting a 'good Samaritan' for helping deputies make an arrest following a hit-and-run accident Tuesday evening.

Sixty-five public schools in West Virginia, including several in Kanawha, Putnam and Jackson counties, were honored as exemplary schools by the state Board of Education at a dinner Monday night at Embassy Suites.

The Woods is a conference center, resort and residential community deep in the Sleepy Creek Mountains west of Hedgesville, W.Va. Three restaurants had been listed on their Web site - Walnut Pub, Chestnut Grill and Walden Restaurant.

A former Berkeley County teacher has pleaded not guilty to charges she kissed a 14-year-old male student during a lunch break at Musselman Middle School.

Donald B. Surber Jr., the 37-year-old Winchester man indicted by a grand jury last week in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, entered a plea of not guilty to all charges Thursday at his arraignment in Berkeley County Circuit Court.

A Baltimore County woman is accused of taking nearly $14,000 from a resident of a nursing home in Martinsburg while she was employed there, according to Berkeley County Magistrate Court records.

The Berkeley County Commission on Thursday hedged on taking the next step needed to tap into about $30 million in federal bonds meant to stimulate the county's depressed economy.

The Elkins High School cross country team will host the Class AAA, Region II championship today at Davis & Elkins College's Harpertown Field.

Cold, wet weather may have not been the ideal conditions for the 30th annual Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival, but organizers say that still couldn't put a damper on the community spirit and support that help make each year memorable.

The steady hum of puttering, popping steam-powered engines, antique tractors and turn-of-the-century farming equipment punctuated the celebration of agricultural history at the Dillon Farm Museum in Hedgesville on Sunday during its annual fall festival.

The sounds of bluegrass music wafted through the crisp autumn air in Hedgesville on Saturday morning.

Dozens of firefighters were in the process of containing a massive fire Wednesday night that broke out inside a vacant building off Old Mill Road in Berkeley County near City Hospital.

The National Volunteer Fire Council, in partnership with the Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation, has selected 10 outstanding junior firefighter programs and Explorer Posts from departments nationwide to receive a $5,000 grant through the NVFC National Junior Firefighter Program.

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.

Police said Thursday that a person was seen fleeing the area of Wednesday night's fire that destroyed at two-story, abandoned farm house on Old Mill Road and are seeking any information from the public about the case.