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RANSON — Many residents throughout Jefferson County remain without power in the wake of a fierce storm that blew through the region late Friday night that ripped up old trees and downed power lines. Shari Jordan, who lives on First Avenue in Charles Town, was out Saturday morning assisting with a cleanup effort after a [...]
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CHARLES TOWN — A jury brought a two-week trial to a close Friday by finding the man who shot his shot estranged girlfriend in a Ranson parking lot guilty of first-degree murder. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view [...]
Continue reading …BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff CHARLES TOWN – The trial of a Harpers Ferry man who is accused of killing a Martinsburg woman last year continued into its eighth day Thursday without entering into closing arguments. Ray Dwayne Cook, 38, admits to shooting Jenny Lou Perrine, 36, on July 15, 2011 in the parking lot of [...]
Continue reading …CHARLES TOWN – Ask MARC spokesman Terry Owens if the latest changes for Eastern Panhandle train commuters are indeed final, and you get something close to a straight answer. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest [...]
Continue reading …Service expected to be restored in three hours Spirit staff CHARLES TOWN — Rodents chewing into two fiber optic cable facilities is being blamed for a disruption in service to customers of Frontier Communications throughout Jefferson County Thursday. According to Frontier general manager Paul Espinosa, service is expected to be restored in about three hours [...]
Continue reading …BRYAN CLARK Spirit Staff SHENANDOAH JUNCTION – There have been no serious injuries in the house fire in Shenandoah Junction. The fire at a home on 1st Street engulfed large portions of the home for a time. Initial scanner traffic indicated that an individual might have been trapped in the home, but firefighters on the [...]
Continue reading …Yesterday a police raid authorized by search warrants aimed at obtaining evidence about the recent shooting at Apple Tree Gardens and the April 23rd armed robbery of the nearby 7-11 convenience story led to the arrest of three individuals. None of the three have been charged with anything related to either the shooting or the [...]
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The City of Charles Town’s Board of Parks and Recreation announced plans to fully renovate the large playground at Jefferson Memorial Park over a period of three years. Phase One of the project began on Tuesday, April 24. Within a week, the playground will host new swings, teeter-totters, a slide, a climbing structure and a [...]
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MARLA PISCIOTTA Spirit Staff CHARLES TOWN — Jefferson County Sheriff deputies have made a second arrest in the theft of copper materials at South Jefferson Elementary School, which occurred in February. Anthony Hoskins, 20, of Harpers Ferry was arrested April 10 at a residence in Willowbrook subdivision in Charles Town. “We received an anonymous tip [...]
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