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- Closings and Delays For Friday, January 10 January 10, 2025For Friday, January 10, 2025 WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Berkeley County Schools – All Berkeley County Schools (PreK-12) will operate on a 2-Hour Delay on Friday, January 10, 2025. Jefferson County Schools – Jefferson County Schools (PreK – 12) and Offices will be CLOSED on Friday, January 10, 2025, due to road conditions. Many roads in…[email protected]
- Closings and Delays for Thursday, January 09 January 9, 2025For Thursday, January 9, 2025 **** = Indicates NO REPORT / Community Delays and Closings at bottom of page WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Berkeley County Schools – Closed. All schools (PreK-12) and offices closed. Evening activities are canceled. Jefferson County Schools- Closed. All schools (PreK – 12) and Offices are closed due to road conditions. All evening…[email protected]
- Man Stabbed to Death in Apparent Domestic Dispute in Martinsburg January 8, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man was reportedly stabbed to death during a domestic incident in Martinsburg Monday. Martinsburg Police Deputy Chief of Police Matthew Zollinger tells The Panhandle News Network officers responded to a reported stabbing Monday evening just after 6 p.m. in the area of Tuskegee Drive in Martinsburg. Upon arrival, they found a…[email protected]
- Closings and Delays for Wednesday January 8 January 8, 2025For Wednesday, January 8, 2025 **** = Indicates NO REPORT / Community Delays and Closings at bottom of page WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Berkeley County Schools – Closed. January 8, All schools (PreK-12) and offices closed. Evening activities are canceled. Jefferson County Schools- Closed. All schools (PreK – 12) and Offices are closed due to road conditions.…[email protected]
- Man arrested in Monday stabbing incident in Charles Town January 7, 2025CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Charles Town police say they have arrested a man in the case of what they are calling a “random and unprovoked” attack. Officers were dispatched in the early morning hours of January 6th to the 400 block of East 1st Avenue for a reported stabbing. There, they found a male juvenile…[email protected]
- Hagerstown Police Announce Major Retail Theft Ring Arrests of 57 Individuals January 7, 2025HAGERSTOWN, MD — Police in Hagerstown say 57 individuals have been arrested in a major retail theft operation. A press release from HPD says the investigation began in June of last year under the Maryland Criminal Intelligence Network (MCIN) Initiative which focuses on identifying, disrupting, and dismantling gangs and violent criminal networks involved in the…[email protected]
- Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Banquet set for January 19th January 7, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — What began 45 years ago as a small scholarship committee has blossomed into community tradition and one that has awarded nearly a quarter of a million dollars in scholarships to deserving youth in the Eastern Panhandle. Carolyn Togans is treasurer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship committee. She talked about how…[email protected]
- $20.8 Million RAISE Grant Awarded For Martinsburg’s Greenway Trail Project January 7, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The city of Martinsburg will be receiving nearly 21 million dollars in RAISE grant funding earmarked for major trail system upgrades as part of the Greenway Trail Project. Mayor Kevin Knowles explains where he was when he got the call Monday. City Manager Andy Blake applied for the grant and laid out the…[email protected]
- Closings and Delays for Tuesday, January 7 January 7, 2025For Tuesday, January 7, 2025 WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOLS Berkeley County Schools – Closed. All schools (PreK-12) and offices closed. Evening activities are canceled. Jefferson County Schools- Schools and Offices Closed. Morgan County Schools – Closed for students. Employees follow Reporting Code A.. Grant County Schools – Closed for students. Employees follow Reporting Code H.…[email protected]
- Roads Are Getting Covered Up as Soon As We Clear Them – WVDOH Spokesperson January 6, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.V.a. — Since late Sunday night, nearly four inches of snow or a wintry mix had already fallen on Eastern Panhandle roads with lots more is in the forecast. A spokesman from the Berkeley County Department of Highways, which also clears Interstate 81, says plowing is going well, but they won’t get anything completely…[email protected]