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Deputies arrest person who drove Hyundai Elantras through multiple buildings
MARTINSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Authorities have apprehended an individual who reportedly drove multiple Hyundai Elantras into business entrances in the Martinsburg area while attempting to gain entry to the buildings. According to the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 2:58am on Thursday, July 18, 2024, an active Breaking and Entering situation was reported at Blackfield […]
Suspects arrested after stolen vehicle driven into 2 Berkeley County businesses
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department says suspects attempted to drive a car through a tattoo studio and a gun store early Thursday morning. An adult and a juvenile were placed under arrest after the incident, although their identities have not been released. BCSD reports they...
Attempted Break-Ins at Tattoo Studio and Gun Store in Berkeley County
Early Thursday morning, the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department (BCSD) reported a series of attempted break-ins involving two stolen vehicles. The incidents occurred at a tattoo studio and a gun store in Martinsburg, West Virginia. At approximately 3 a.m., BCSD officers were dispatched to Blackfield Tattoo on Williamsport Pike following...
Graciously Giving Foundation opens a new day care location
SPRING MILLS — The Graciously Giving Foundation opened its new day care location on Friday, located at 44 Vantage View Drive in Spring Mills, which will offer space for children 4 and up to get the care they need. Shell-Lyn Clarke, development director of the Graciously Giving Foundation, is...
Students learn about Chinese language, culture during STARTALK camp
MARTINSBURG — Berkeley County Schools recently hosted the STARTALK Chinese Camp for students at Martinsburg South Middle School. Throughout a two-week period, students from third to seventh grade got together to learn the basics of the Chinese language and get a taste of the country’s culture. On Friday, students put together a special performance for parents and family members to show all they learned throughout the camp.
Journal Junction for July 22, 2024
Inwood — I’m glad you admitted you were wrong, but you continued your post with your same diatribe. “Just because he hasn’t officially endorsed it doesn’t mean he won’t follow its framework.” Really?? Trump said some of the things the people behind Project 2025 said are absolutely ridiculous and abysmal and he has nothing to do with them. You sure do keep people busy correcting the misinformation and lies you continually post.
16 West Virginians plead guilty in drug trafficking conspiracy
MARTINSBURG, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Seventeen individuals have pled guilty to drug distribution charges following an extensive investigation into a Baltimore-based trafficking organization, announced the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of West Virginia on Thursday, July 11, 2024. U.S. Attorney William Ihlenfeld stated that since the indictment of Gary Brown, Jr. and eighty-one others […]
Labor and delivery moving out of Jefferson and into Berkeley
RANSON — After discussions spanning several years, WVU Medicine officials have decided to finalize the decision to move labor and delivery services out of Jefferson Medical Center, with all cases diverted to Berkeley Medical Center. Albert Wright, WVU Health System president/CEO and interim president/CEO WVU Medicine East, shared Tuesday...
Martinsburg man sentenced for wife’s murder
MARTINSBURG – Samuel Lee Lineberg, of Martinsburg, who was found guilty of murdering his wife, Valerie, with a baseball bat, was officially sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole on Tuesday. Spending his life in prison is the exact outcome he was trying to avoid when...
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