Erik Anderson

Tricia Jackson and Jennifer Krouse gave scathing public statements at last Thursday’s Jefferson County Commission meeting regarding their removal from their elected seats on that governing body the previous day

A Maryland man with a Florida grand theft warrant had a West Virginia misadventure that began when he allegedly backed a Mercedes into a trailer and fled the Charles Town-area scene in May 2023. The misadventure ended last March when police found the man barely responsive behind the wheel of a car in a roadside ditch.

Six citizens turned out to express their disappointment during a Charles Town City Council meeting on Monday about changes made to an annual summer children’s tennis program run jointly by the city and the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Commission.

Excerpts from the three-judge panel’s decision to remove Jackson and Krouse

A Hedgesville man was arraigned on a felony fraud charge on May 4 for allegedly failing to perform contracted work on a driveway in Kearneysville.

Virginia opioid settlement funding creative drug recovery policing

A coincidence of timing saw both the Charles Town and Ranson city councils discussing items regarding their respective relationships to the Jefferson County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau early this month.

A Virginia man and a Kearneysville woman were arrested May 6 on felony charges related to a successful alleged robbery plot that lured a male victim through Instagram with the possibility of a sexual encounter.

A Ranson man was arraigned on a felony drug charge following a May 7 traffic stop for alleged erratic driving and speeding on westbound Route 9 near Kearneysville.

In a specially convened meeting of the Jefferson County Commission on Monday, the commissioners established a process for replacing two commissioners recently removed from their elected offices by court order. The commission will receive applications from interested candidates until May 24 and then meet on May 30 to vote on appointments.