Martinsburg News Archives

Property along Tuscarora Creek in Martinsburg where Union Civil War general and future President Rutherford B. Hayes was said to lay ill for several days in July 1864 is being donated for public recreation use.

It's been about three years and 11 months since discussions about expanding Martinsburg's historic overlay district began, but adding more city blocks to the special zoning area is creeping ever closer to fruition.

Newton Baker Davis Jr. grew up in Martinsburg - at 314 W. Race St., as far as can be determined - the son of Newton Baker Davis Sr.

What started as a meeting with state officials about Inwood's traffic congestion problems will soon be taken to the next level, when two federal policymakers will be here to see the situation for themselves.

This weekend, the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries will host the opening of a traveling exhibit called Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World.

A Jefferson County, W.Va., woman was charged with kidnapping and malicious assault against her husband following a shooting Wednesday night, troopers said Thursday.

As new residents settle in the Eastern Panhandle, the need for more public transportation options is driven up, noted several community leaders and citizens who attended an Oct.

A Berkeley County grand jury indicted 37-year-old Donald B. Surber Jr. Tuesday in the murder of his 35-year-old ex-girlfriend, Katherine Nicole Sharp, who was killed after Surber took her hostage at her home in June, leading to a 26-hour standoff with police.

Cold and wet weather left many of the participants in Saturday's Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival Apple Trample 5K a bit numb.

Eastern Panhandle seniors who weren't lucky enough to attend last month's Internet safety course - which was so popular that it still had a waiting list of potential participants even after the event was held - will now have another chance to see what they missed.

A Berkeley County official says lawsuits brought by a man burned while being arrested have been settled for $100,000. County Commission lawyer Norwood Bentley says an agreement with Ranson resident Steven C. Scott ends lawsuits filed in state and federal court against Berkeley County, Ranson, the West Virginia State Police and several officers.

A Berkeley County man was in Eastern Regional Jail on Tuesday night, charged with robbing the ROCS convenience store off West King Street in Martinsburg with a pickax last month, according to jail and court records.

A drive to improve public transportation across West Virginia is the focus of a series of daylong gatherings scheduled to begin next week in Martinsburg and continue this month in Wheeling, Clarksburg, Huntington and Beckley.

A Martinsburg man accused of stabbing another man in the chest at least three times at a gentlemen's club in August was arraigned Wednesday in Berkeley County Magistrate Court on one count of unlawful wounding, according to court records.

One person was killed and two others were injured Tuesday following an early-morning accident on W.Va. 51 that involved two pickup trucks, police said.

Anyone looking for a used garbage truck or an old police cruiser should be sure to visit Martinsburg's surplus property auction.

The state auditor of West Virginia, Glen B. Gainer III, was not in town Thursday to announce his campaign for governor of the state.

A local judge ruled Wednesday that enough probable cause exists to forward a Martinsburg man's charges to a grand jury for possible indictment following a September incident outside of Divas nightclub.

A 36-year-old Martinsburg man who was allegedly involved in the theft of an automatic teller machine from a business in September was arraigned Thursday on charges of conspiracy, grand larceny and breaking and entering.

The institution has an enrollment of more than 6,000 students in both traditional classrooms and distance-learning programs.

A local doctor charged in connection to an alleged felony prescription fraud case earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of misdemeanor false pretenses after reaching a plea agreement with the state.

Officials with the Martinsburg campus of Mountain State University want to change part of the city's zoning ordinance so that a college or university can operate at the Martinsburg Mall on Foxcroft Avenue.

All sorts of succulent aromas and mouth-watering foods filled the conference room of the Holiday Inn of Martinsburg on Monday evening - enough to attract more than 200 area business people, as a matter of fact.

Main Street Martinsburg's 5th Annual Chili Cookoff Saturday attracted a crowd of people eager to try the different recipes.

Valley Health Systems is seeking to get an OK from the state to build a $30 million facility.

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.

After five traffic accidents involving school buses since students returned to class, Berkeley County officials are readying a new bus safety campaign.