Charles Town News

According to the West Virginia Lottery Commission, Jefferson County Schools stand to gain $4 million annually from Charles Town Races & Slots under the new funding formula passed by the Legislature.

Earlier this month, two West Virginia residents pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine.

G.T. Schramm told of a young father of two, just 30 years old and dying of cancer.

PanTran officials are doing all they can to promote their agency during November, which has been designated by county commission members in both Berkeley and Jefferson counties as Public Transit Month.

Sgt. Alex Tice knows the daily sacrifices made by the U.S. military. The 22-year-old from Charles Town, W.Va., served in Iraq for six months in 2008 with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion.

A man killed Wednesday night in a head-on collision on W.Va. 51 was identified by police Thursday as Robert Lawrence Brown, 69, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va. The 1993 Toyota Camry that Brown was driving east on W.Va. 51 toward Charles Town crossed the center line and collided with a westbound 2001 Dodge Durango near Images nightclub, according to ...

The Charles Town City Council has added its support to an effort to bring casino-style table games to an Eastern Panhandle racetrack.

The Charles Town City Council has added its support to an effort to bring casino-style table games to an Eastern Panhandle racetrack.

The Bank of Charles Town has launched a unique new financial literacy program geared toward teaching kids about life's values and financial literacy on a multi-media platform.

Controversy abounded on Saturday, as Jefferson County residents headed to the polls to determine whether a new, traditional zoning ordinance should be put in place.

Rummy's Command won the second race at Mountaineer Race Track on Friday by 63 4 lengths and became the first winner for freshman sire Deputy Rummy.

Groups that want table games in Jefferson County have released a study that, not surprisingly, touts its benefits.

Jennifer Sue Cameron, 25, of Charles Town, passed away on Friday, Oct. 30, 2009, in Jefferson County.

A new sheltered workshop is in the works in Jefferson County to help meet the needs of local individuals who have mental and developmental disabilities.

Oct. 31, 2009 BYRD'S EYE VIEW: Recognizing the Last Remaining Veteran of the 'Great War' By Sen.

An attorney and former deputy chief of staff for Gov. Bob Wise has asked a Kanawha circuit judge to prohibit the state from holding a hearing to revoke her driver's license.

Citing violations of its own clearly established rules, a Charleston attorney and lobbyist is seeking to prevent the state Division of Motor Vehicles from taking further action against her driver's license following her arrest for DUI a year ago.

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. - Ralph Meade Dorsey, former owner and publisher of the Spirit of Jefferson Farmers' Advocate who died Saturday at age 88, was remembered Monday by friends and family as 'one of the last Southern gentlemen and a man who made everyone around him feel comfortable.' Dorsey died from pancreatic cancer at Winchester Medical Center ...

The beginning of their five-mile walk, the log farmhouse in western Maryland, is the very spot where Brown and his raiders left for the Federal Arsenal in Harpers Ferry.

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.