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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A sweeping investigation into misconduct at the West Virginia State Police has brought new scrutiny to the mysterious roadside death of a man who was hit by a trooper’s Taser during a struggle with the officer that the governor labeled “very very concerning” in ordering a major shakeup of the agency. […]

The Martinsburg Police Department (MPD) with the Eastern Panhandle Drug and Violent Crimes Task Force (EPDVCTF) announced the execution of a search warrant at the Vape and Tobacco Outlet on North Queen Street Martinsburg. The investigation was in response to complaints of the business selling THC and Nicotine products to...

Some tenants moved out of the Arrive Apartments Tuesday after management stopped paying for their rooms across the street at the Doubletree Hotel. Problems continue for tenants one month after deadly …. Some tenants moved out of the Arrive Apartments Tuesday after management stopped paying for their rooms across the...

A Smithsburg resident was among the fatalities last Thursday after a head-on crash on U.S. 40 east of the Washington County/Frederick County line, according to Maryland State Police. Shawn Patrick Whalen, 56, of Smithsburg, was the driver of the 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck in the crash that occurred Thursday...

FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Guard rails were added along Route 15 at the location of a fatal tanker crash and fire that happened earlier this month. The guard rail is on northbound Route 15 between 7th Street and Rosemont Avenue. 58-year-old Ronald Heiston, Jr. of Hagerstown died after the tanker he was driving […]

SLANESVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – An alert was issued in the early hours of Tuesday morning by the Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office indicating that an individual is reportedly impersonating law enforcement in the Slanesville area. The Hampshire County Sheriff’s Office reports that in the late evening hours of Monday, March 20, 2023, deputies with the department […]

FARNKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A 37-year-old man was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for his role in a murder-for-hire plot in Franklin County. Kevin Coles was sentenced amid a six-year investigation into the 2016 murders that happened on a property along Welsh Run Road in Mercersburg. All...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday ordered a sweeping investigation of the State Police after he accepted the resignation of the agency's superintendent and revealed allegations of wrongdoing, including that a video camera was placed inside a women's locker room. The governor also said...

The members of the Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway solved one part of a mystery that occurred at their firehouse Sunday night. Crews returned from dinner to discover a front glass door busted and the window in a rear bay door broken, Fire Chief Jamie Drawbaugh said Tuesday. Thinking the...

The Southern Fulton Indians (1-0, 1-0 ICC) put up eight runs in the third on its way to a convincing 5 inning 12-2 victory over visiting Claysburg-Kimel in the 2023 season opener on Tuesday. Trayton Younker, Hunter Ward, Kasey Fitz, Josh Morgan, Jett Burger, and Younker powered the big inning...

A 37-year-old man, Kevin Coles, has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for his involvement in the 2016 triple murder in Mercersburg, Franklin County. The conviction followed a six-year investigation into the murders of Wendy Ann Chaney (39), Brandon Cole (47), and Phillip Matthew Jackson (36), which took place on June 25, 2016, at Jackson’s property on Welsh Run Road.

A Virginia man was sentenced to five years in state prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to negligent manslaughter by automobile in the March 2022 death of a West Virginia woman due to a drunken-driving crash on Interstate 81. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Joseph S. Michael sentenced Michael Waylon Maydian, 28, of...

Spring has sprung! I’m a couple of days behind in authoring this report to our wonderful citizens. Please forgive me as I’ve been on the road. So, spring arrived late Monday afternoon. Not quite porch sittin’ weather yet, but it won’t be long. What winters of...

Effort underway in Western Maryland to bring greater awareness to the dairy industry. Effort underway in Western Maryland to bring greater awareness to the dairy industry. Loudoun Co. Sheriff investigating vandalism at African …. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism at the African American Burial Ground in Ashburn...

Mar. 21—ROMNEY, W.Va. — Police are on the lookout for a suspect who reportedly activated red and blue lights on his vehicle and repeatedly attempted to pull over a motorist late Monday evening in the Slanesville area, according to the Hampshire County Sheriff's Office. The incident occurred in...

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West Virginia has officially been part of the United States since June 20, 1863, but which West Virginia city or town can call itself the oldest?

A Hancock-area man was sentenced to 18 months in jail Thursday for misappropriating $50,443 from two community groups. Washington County Circuit Court Judge Mark K. Boyer denied a defense motion for a continuance, moving forward with sentencing because he said he wasn't satisfied with John P. True's efforts to make restitution to the Tonoloway Rod & Gun Club west of Hancock and the James W. Bowers Masonic Lodge of Hancock.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (DC News Now) — One person has emerged from the 18 candidates who were vying for an open Hagerstown City Council seat. Matthew Schindler will become the council’s newest member. “I really feel like there’ll be a great addition to the current city council members as well as the mayor of Hagerstown,” resident […]

WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (DC NEWS NOW) — Getting milk or other dairy products is a connection to our supermarket or corner store. Washington County, Maryland hopes that connection will now extend to the dairy farm itself. “We’re out to support local farms and farmers whenever we can,” said Leslie Hart with the Washington County Office of […]