Ruth Elizabeth Stotler 1955-2026 Ruth Elizabeth Stotler, 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va. passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born on September 10, 1955, she was the daughter of the late Theodore Arthur “Pete” and Mary Ethel Plummer Ganoe. Ruth was a[Read More…]
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Ernest Alvey Truax
Ernest Alvey Truax 1947-2026 Ernest Alvey Truax, age 78, of Hancock, Md., passed away on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Born Monday, September 22, 1947, in Amaranth, Pa., he was the son of the late Edgar Arthur (Art) and Edna Mae Wertz Truax. Ernie was a 1965 graduate of Hancock High[Read More…]
Michael Francis Stanger
Michael Francis Stanger 1953-2026 Michael Francis Stanger, 73, of Great Cacapon, W.Va. passed away on Monday, April 20, 2026 at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born on February 24, 1953 in Miami, Fla., he was the son of the late Francis Coleman and Jean T. Antonelli Stanger. Michael[Read More…]
Softball split games against Miners, Rams
by Geoff Fox The Hancock Panthers Softball team split two games last week against Mountain Ridge and Turkeyfoot Valley Area. The Panthers hosed the Mountain Ridge Mines on Tuesday, April 21, dropping the contest in five innings to the Miners 16-6. Kaybree Souders went 1-3 with a triple and an[Read More…]
Southern Fulton to hold STEAM Festival May 3
The Southern Fulton School District will be holding their annual SFSD STEAM Festival on Sunday, May 3, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Southern Fulton High School. The family friendly event is free and open to the public. The STEAM Festival is a way to promote students’ work and[Read More…]
Panthers take to the track at Fort Hill
by Geoff Fox The Hancock Panthers Track team traveled to Fort Hill last Friday, April 24, to participate in an eight-team meet with schools from Allegany, Frederick, and Washington Counties, and a team from West Virginia. Senior Landyn Clark had three top five finishes taking second in the triple jump,[Read More…]
Panthers drop three games
The Hancock Panthers baseball team dropped two games in as many days losing to St. James at Meritus Park in Hagerstown and at Berkeley Springs. On Monday, April 20, the Panthers hosted the St. James Saints at Meritus Park in Hagerstown but dropped the game 21-5 in five innings. Sophomore[Read More…]
House on Weller Road destroyed by early morning fire
by Geoff Fox Fire officials are investigating a fire that destroyed a house east of Hancock early Saturday morning. According to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office, the call came in at 1:57 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, for a structure fire in the 14000 block of Weller Road. The[Read More…]
Hancock man cited in Fulton County accident
A Hancock man was involved in a vehicle accident in Fulton County on April 16 in the area of Green Lane Road in Warfordsburg. According to Pennsylvania State Police, just before 6:30 a.m., State Police in McConnellsburg received a report of a one vehicle crash on Green Lane Road in[Read More…]
Parrott appointed to empty County Commission seat
Neil Parrott has been sworn in to fill the Washington County Commission seat left vacant when Derek Harvey resigned from the board in February. The Washington County Republican Central Committee nominated Parrott and Governor Wes Moore appointed him to the board on March 26. State senators confirmed the appointment on[Read More…]
