Berkeley County News

Money originally set aside to help fix a flooding problem in Inwood, W.Va., has been redistributed to Jefferson County for a comprehensive water study and 'agricultural enhancement' projects at 83 farms in the Eastern Panhandle.

A preliminary hearing remains on hold for the accused murderer who was shot last month at City Hospital while allegedly attempting to escape from Eastern Regional Jail corrections officers.

A Falling Waters man who allegedly sexually assaulted his neighbor's niece appeared Wednesday before Berkeley County Magistrate Joan Bragg for a hearing.

It was small taste of Native American culture that was on full display this weekend for the public during the 4th Annual Wakichipi Pow-Wow & Exhibition, an event that featured traditional Native American dancing, singing, flute playing, face painting, craft demonstrations and foods, as well as Aztec dancers from Mexico City.

South Berkeley Volunteer Fire Department saw a tremendous turnout Sunday at their annual open house, thanks to a host of family friendly activities, good food and fun.

Plans for a variety of improvement projects were shared Friday by Martinsburg City Manager Mark Baldwin, who was a returning guest speaker at a breakfast hosted by the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce.

A preliminary hearing for the man charged with kidnapping and fatally stabbing Katherine Nicole Sharp was postponed Thursday so that his competency could be evaluated, attorneys handling the case said.

We had the Crawford Woolen Mill that opened in 1890, in the new Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing and Improvement Company land on the southwest side of Martinsburg.

Firefighters were responding to two reports of trailer fires in Berkeley County this morning.

It was May 1842, when the first Baltimore and Ohio train rolled into Martinsburg.

Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely said that she is preparing for the extradition of accused murderer Donald Berkley Surber Jr.

Berkeley County police say the person struck and killed by a Marc commuter train was a boy riding his bike.

Berkeley County Schools Superintendent Manuel P. 'Manny' Arvon II said Friday he plans to ask taxpayers in the next two to four weeks to help finance the construction of a new high school and other growth-related building projects.

A man was arrested Friday afternoon after allegedly breaking into a Martinsburg home.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- West Virginia's transportation secretary says better planning is needed to address traffic problems in the state's high growth areas.

West Virginia's transportation secretary says better planning is needed to address traffic problems in the state's high growth areas.

The Berkeley County woman killed while being held hostage in her home near Hedgesville this week will be remembered during funeral services Saturday in Inwood.

A teenager on a bicycle was struck and killed by a five-car MARC train Thursday night near Van Clevesville Road in Berkeley County, officials said.

A Winchester, Va., man charged with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend near Martinsburg this week is expected to be arraigned on a murder charge Wednesday afternoon, according to Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela J. Games-Neely. Donald B. Surber Jr., who was arraigned Monday on a kidnapping charge, is accused of fatally stabbing Katherine ...

Donald Berkeley Surber's past criminal convictions in Frederick County, Va.: Sentenced May 8, 2009, in Frederick County, Va., Circuit Court for a misdemeanor charge of violating a protective order Oct.