Ranson News

Citizens can be the key to developing new recreational trails locally, thanks to funding which the Eastern Panhandle Regional Planning and Development Council recently received to help with this effort.

Casting has been announced for the three musicals that will be part of Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater's 25th anniversary season: the mainstage musical The Burnt Part Boys and the Martel Musical readings of Whisper House and Tina Girlstar .

Hedgesville's Hunter Munson scores the final run of a 13-3 mercy-rule victory before Charles Town/Ranson catcher Jay Fields can apply the tag Wednesday during the fifth inning of the loser's bracket final in the area 9-10 tournament.

A suspected serial bank robber who allegedly robbed a bank in Jefferson County last month and who is suspected of robbing at least three other banks is currently in custody, police in Jefferson County said Thursday.

The Ranson City Council on Tuesday night voted to table two ordinances that sought to enact a combined $5 in monthly city service fees for improvements and maintenance of city streets and parks, pending further review.

Two pedestrians were hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck early Sunday morning on U.S. 11 in Bunker Hill.

Jefferson County Schools will start its summer food program on June 29 at Ranson Elementary and North Jefferson Elementary, serving breakfast from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday, until Aug.

Margaret Ranson and Ervin Beckman said their uncle, Robert Bockey, was a kind person who was glad to serve in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Citizens of Ranson and Bolivar went to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in each community's 2009 local elections.

A man took an undisclosed amount of cash Friday morning from the Charles Town branch of MVB Bank after passing to the teller a note demanding money, according to Jefferson County Sheriff's Detective Tracy Edwards.

A new program is in the works to help senior citizens who live on the Blue Ridge Mountain.

A Maryland man was charged Thursday morning after two people were stabbed following an altercation at a Jefferson County bar.

Both Ranson Mayor A. David Hamill and City Police Chief William "Bill" Roper assured citizens of the Fairfax Crossing subdivision Wednesday night that investigators have made significant headway into the investigation of racial graffiti that was left on a handful of residents' homes earlier this year.

Police seized 18 ounces of crack cocaine Thursday morning in Ranson after a woman who was wanted on a felony drug distribution warrant was arrested following a traffic stop.

Citizens in Charles Town, Ranson, Harpers Ferry and Bolivar will head to the polls this month and next in four separate municipal elections in Jefferson County.

Two men who allegedly tied up and robbed a 71-year-old Bolivar woman at knifepoint during a home invasion burglary earlier this year have been indicted on kidnapping charges by a Jefferson County grand jury.

Two people were injured following an apparent head-on collision Wednesday just outside of Charles Town.

Police said at least three people were arrested Sunday morning after a brawl broke out at a local gentlemen's club in Kearneysville.

Barbara Campbell sees the future in trees. She's not alone. Campbell, along with other citizen volunteers and Town of Bath officials, have a green agenda that includes planting trees as well as taking care of existing ones.

Three people were arrested Wednesday morning following the execution of three simultaneous search and seizure warrants that were the result of a two-month narcotics and firearms investigation conducted by local authorities.