Ranson News

Martinsburg City Council members are expected to consider a resolution at their meeting tonight that would add the towns of Bath, Bolivar and Harpers Ferry to the Eastern Panhandle HOME Consortium of West Virginia.

Congratulations Christian Lopez. You were brave enough to try out for American Idol.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking for the people responsible for leaking the home addresses, home phone numbers and cellphone numbers of every police chief in West Virginia, according to the president of a statewide police chiefs organization.

He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph A. Ware Sr.; mother, Mildred W. Ware; father-in-law, James E. Watson Jr.; mother-in-law, Emma D. Watson; and brother-in-law, Erroll J. Leslie.

John Jasper Sharpe Sr., 82, of Ranson, passed away at his home on Saturday, Jan.

The trial for a Harpers Ferry man accused of killing his fianc in July of 2011 has been postponed until this coming June.

The murder trial of a Harpers Ferry man accused of fatally shooting his former fiancee in Ranson last summer was rescheduled Monday for June 5 after a judge granted a continuance.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 and a half years, Cornelius D. "Bill" Mercer, who died Jan.

More than 20 local residents attended an informational meeting regarding a proposed fire and emergency medical services fee for Jefferson County residents and businesses held Wednesday night at Independent Fire Company in Ranson.

Former Jefferson County Sheriff Everett "Ed" Boober will run in this spring's primary election against current Jefferson County Sheriff Robert "Bobby" Shirley, who is up for re-election. Boober, a Democratic candidate who resides in Kearneysville, spent 21 years as an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., and nine ... (more)

I want to thank the two ladies who picked us up in the driveway from Weis. They picked up all my groceries and took me and my friends to our front door a few blocks away.

Pet peeves are published in The Journal all the time. Allow me to apologize for us flawed folks.

More than 40 people were indicted last week during the January session of the Jefferson County grand jury.

A Charles Town, W.Va., teenager was killed and another person was injured in a two-vehicle accident Sunday on Summit Point Road near Ranson, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said.

Thanks in large part to a growing regional interest, the Eastern Panhandle Organization of Homeowners Associations will continue to hold meetings in both Jefferson and Berkeley counties during 2012.