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- Officer Exposed to Fentanyl by Fleeing Suspect: HPD February 5, 2025HAGERSTOWN, MD — An officer involved in a foot pursuit was exposed to fentanyl, according to the Hagerstown Police Department. Lt. Rebecca Fetchu tells the Panhandle News Network the officer was checked out and medically cleared after being struck “by a large amount of airborne powder” Tuesday from gel capsules the suspect threw into the…[email protected]
- Falling Waters Murder Victim Identified February 4, 2025FALLING WATERS, W.Va — The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department is Investigating a Homicide They were dispatched to a home at 45 Wisconsin Lane in Falling Waters February 3rd for a welfare check. There, they found a deceased male who appeared to have been murdered. Sheriff Blair broke the news on this morning’s Panhandle Live: The man…[email protected]
- Boards of Education Wrap, Week of February 3rd February 4, 2025Panhandle News Network — Both the Berkeley County and Jefferson County Boards of Education met Monday. Our Al Gaige brought some of the highlights. At the Berkeley County Board of Education meeting, Martinsburg High Football Coach David Walker recognized the football team for its recent state championship win. Board of Education President Long had this…[email protected]
- Murder/Suicide Occur in State Police Parking Lot in Martinsburg with child in vehicle February 3, 2025MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A man and woman are dead after a murder-suicide that took place in the parking lot of the state police detachment in Martinsburg. Troopers said Jonathan and Melody Cook, both of Martinsburg, pulled into the lot at a few minutes after noon on Saturday with their 10-year-old daughter also in the vehicle.…[email protected]
- HPD: Man Followed and Shot in Neck Is Expected to Survive January 31, 2025HAGERSTOWN, MD — Police in Hagerstown say a man was followed and targeted before he was shot in the neck near the 500 block of Frederick Street Thursday (January 29). Officers were called to the scene just after 9 Thursday night. They learned the victim had been shot through the neck and had run into…[email protected]
- Middleway Now on Endangered Properties List As Town Preservationists Fight Bottling Company January 29, 2025MIDDLEWAY, W.Va, — A town established in the 1700s is now on an endangered list even as preservationists fight against a proposed water bottling facility they say would alter historic homes and change the town. On Tuesday, The Preservation Alliance of West Virginia announced it is adding the Middleway Historic District in Jefferson County to…[email protected]
- Hagerstown Woman Dead After Her Vehicle Crashes into the Back of a Tractor Trailer January 29, 2025HALFWAY, MD — A Hagerstown woman is dead after the vehicle she was driving crashed into the back of a tractor trailer Wednesday morning. Hagerstown Police tell The Panhandle News Network it happened around 4 a.m. at the intersection of Halfway Boulevard and Interstate 81. Police and EMS attempted lifesaving measures for the driver of…[email protected]
- Calderon Indicted in Charles Town Woman’s Death January 27, 2025CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A man from El Salvador is named in a murder indictment handed up this week by the Jefferson County grand jury. The panel indicted David Antonio Calderon, 46, in connection with last May’s death of Samantha Dailey, 32, of Charles Town. Investigators allege Calderon, who they say was in the U.S.…[email protected]
- Coolfont Building a Complete Loss after Sunday Night Blaze January 27, 2025BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — The main building at Coolfont Resort will be a “complete loss,” according to Berkeley Springs Volunteer Fire Company Chief James Steiner. Steiner confirms to the Panhandle News Network that crews were out most of the night battling the fire at the historic Morgan County resort after the call came…[email protected]
- Bridge Project Gives Cash to Pregnant Study Participants in Appalachia January 21, 2025CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A private philanthropic organization is conducting research on the impact of direct cash payments to lower income mothers who are expecting, Secretary of the West Virginia Women’s Commission Jill Upson talked about the project: The Bridge Project operates on the idea that “The earliest days of a child’s life are a crucial period…[email protected]