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CHARLESTON (AP) — From West Virginia’s last living Medal of Honor recipient to the former military chief of its National Guard, veterans are calling for a more fair and consistent process for boosting the pensions of state employees who have served in the armed forces. But officials at the Consolidated Public Retirement Board defend their [...]
Continue reading …NEW MARKET, Md. (AP) — A reward has been increased for information leading to an arrest in the vandalism of a cemetery in Frederick County. Overseers for the New Market cemetery had originally posted a $500 reward. WTTG-TV in Washington reports that local businesses, fraternal organizations and individuals have pledged more money, increasing the reward [...]
Continue reading …MINERAL, Va. (AP) — Virginia continues to experience aftershocks from last summer’s earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1-magnitude aftershock occurred at 11:21 p.m. Sunday 8 miles south of Louisa and 8 miles south-southwest of Mineral. Mineral was the epicenter of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck on Aug. 21, 2011. No damage has been [...]
Continue reading …FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — A former Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration worker has been convicted of a theft conspiracy charge in Frederick. Fifty-three-year-old Joann Fleishell was convicted at a bench trial Monday of conspiracy to commit theft over $500. She was accused of stealing nearly $88,000 from the agency’s local office from January 2007 to October [...]
Continue reading …Sharnjett Amar, 23, of Martinsburg, pled guilty in United States District Court to one count of knowingly using an individual under the age of 18 to distribute crack cocaine. Singh, who is in custody pending sentencing, faces a maximum exposure of one to 40 years’ imprisonment and a fine of $2 million.
Continue reading …A 30-year old Hagerstown resident entered a plea of guilty on March 22 in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg. Robert John Summerville III, 30 , of Hagerstown pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg to one count of possession of a firearm in Jefferson County, after previously being convicted of a crime punishable by [...]
Continue reading …Four individuals were named in indictments returned on March 21, 2012 by a federal grand jury in Martinsburg. Ronald G. Kisner II, 26, of Harpers Ferry, was named in a one-count indictment charging him with abusive sexual contact at the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. If convicted, Kisner faces a maximum two years’ imprisonment and [...]
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About 150 people were on hand for the annual Easter dinner at the Anna Mae Reedy Senior Center in Ranson on March 16. The event has been sponsored by Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races for more than a decade. Twenty volunteers from Hollywood Casino served meals to the attendees. Al Britton, general manager of [...]
Continue reading …BECKLEY (AP) — The state Department of Agriculture says that the annual effort to control black flies in three southern West Virginia rivers will continue this year. Agency spokesman Buddy Davidson tells The Register-Herald that legislators ensured that about $700,000 is in place for the spraying operations. All that’s needed now for the program to [...]
Continue reading …BECKLEY (AP) — Glenville State College has started an effort to collect the oral histories of West Virginians who served in the military. The West Virginia Veterans Legacy Project aims to capture the experiences of veterans from all branches of service from World War II to the present. Project director Bob Henry Baber says the [...]
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