Kearneysville News

Governor Joe Manchin appointed Jefferson County resident and businessman Terry Walker to represent the 56th delegate district in the West Virginia legislature.

Wee Disciples preschool students enjoyed their annual field trip to Town & Country's pumpkin patch near Kearneysville recently.

Library happenings coming up in Nov. MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library has announced the following November activities: Today, 3:45 p.m.: Ecology Club meets.

Six people, including three female inmates, have been arraigned on charges stemming from a drug smuggling operation at Eastern Regional Jail, police said.

The driver killed early Sunday in an accident and car fire on Wiltshire Road has been identified as a Kearneysville, W.Va., man, West Virginia State Police said Tuesday.

A local Shepherd University student fared well in the recent Miss West Virginia USA 2010 contest, after a three-day pageant at the Days Hotel Conference Center in Flatwoods.

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.

A Kearneysville woman was arraigned on charges of kidnapping and malicious assault Thursday after allegedly shooting her husband Wednesday night near Pikeside.

Two men have been sentenced to more than four years in prison in a plot to steal money from their former employer.

On March 14, 1989, the body of 28-year-old Henry Eric 'Ricky' Ryan was found by a passer-by in a shallow grave on Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Va., near the West Virginia line.

Applause and words of support filled the Old Opera House on Wednesday evening following the screening of a new film about Shepherdstown.

KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va.- A 70-year-old Jefferson County woman escaped an attempted sexual assault Monday morning near the Sulphur Springs Road bridge over Opequon Creek south of Martinsburg, according to police.

A manhunt was under way Wednesday night in Jefferson County after police attempting to arrest a suspect on drug charges were forced to fire at his vehicle when he plowed through multiple cars and nearly struck several officers in his bid to escape.

In a perfect scenario, the four-lane route under construction for W.Va. 9 between Martinsburg and Charles Town, W.Va. could be finished as early as April 2010, said Kenneth L. Clohan Jr., area construction engineer for the West Virginia Division of Highways.

A woman was flown from the scene of a single-vehicle accident near the Berkeley and Jefferson county line this afternoon after a crash on the Opequon Creek bridge along Middleway Pike.

A Jefferson County man was air-lifted to a Virginia hospital after he crashed this Buick Regal during a high-speed chase with police.

Unfortunately, members of the Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority announced Saturday that this year's Roundhouse Rail Days has had to be canceled because of a sewer construction project that is expected to begin next week, according to a news release.

Country rock stars in the group Little Texas rocked the Berkeley County Youth Fair Wednesday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd of faithful fans and fair-goers. The crowds packed the grass amphitheater in front of the main stage, where cheers for the popular Grammy-nominated and award-winning modern country band reverberated throughout ...

Country rock stars in the group Little Texas rocked the Berkeley County Youth Fair Wednesday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd of faithful fans and fair-goers. The crowds packed the grass amphitheater in front of the main stage, where cheers for the popular Grammy-nominated and award-winning modern country band reverberated throughout ...

A Bunker Hill man pleaded guilty Monday to causing a fatal traffic accident last year that left one woman dead and injured three others.