Ranson News

A job accident has claimed the life of a Jefferson County man. Investigators in Frederick, Maryland say 46-year old Thomas Creamer from Ranson was working on a piece of large equipment at the Gladhill Tractor Mart in Frederick on Monday when that equipment fell on him.

The American Red Cross has announced its next blood drives. To be eligible to donate, donors must be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in reasonably good health.

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A severe snowstorm many say will make the record books blanketed the Eastern Panhandle and surrounding region all day Saturday, with snowfall measuring around 17 inches as early as noon.

Courtesy of the federal government, Unity Terrace Apartments is getting a total makeover.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - ' ... that scaffold has little dread for me ... by the taking of my life and the lives of my comrades, Virginia is but hastening on that glorious day when the slave shall rejoice in his freedom.

It may have lacked 76 trombones, but the dozen or so fire trucks in Saturday's Harpers Ferry holiday parade provided just as much noise.

A parade slated to take place today in Harpers Ferry is shaping up to be the largest the community has ever had.

The Jefferson County Commission has approved an annexation plan that could keep gambling revenues in Shepherdstown.

The American Red Cross has announced its next blood drives. To be eligible to donate, donors must be 17 years of age, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in reasonably good health.

Madison Vrock lifted her hand into the air, trying to catch the snowflakes that fell lightly onto the streets of Charles Town.

A shooting at a Sheetz convenience store in Martinsburg shortly after midnight Friday left a Ranson, W.Va., man injured, according to a news release from the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- "I am only one; but still I am one," wrote Helen Keller. "I cannot do everything, but still, I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do." Coming from a woman who had so many strikes against her from so early on, those are powerful and humbling words.

The North Pole isn't the only place that will be home to Santa's Toy Shop this holiday season.

With turkey dinner just days past, there was no better time for the city of Ranson to kick off the holidays with its festive tree lighting ceremony Saturday night.

The driver of a Friendship Fire Co. ambulance and two volunteers inside were injured early Wednesday afternoon after their emergency vehicle was involved in an accident with a tractor-trailer. The accident happened between noon and 12:15 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 340, Marlowe Road and Country Club Road in Jefferson County, after the ...

Three people in a Friendship Fire Company ambulance were taken to the hospital after being hit by a tractor trailer.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner and Christmas soon to come, both Charles Town and Ranson will host poignant and joyous Christmas tree lighting ceremonies this week.

More than 30 years after officials first declared the construction of a new W.Va. 9 a priority, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held for what has been called the project's final phase.