Four children who had been missing in a wooded area south of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., have been found, according to Washington County Emergency Services.

From the outside, the people of Berkeley Springs were simply "townies" for Tracy Smith as she meandered her family's belongings through the roads of Morgan County.

Bradley Scott Gregory, 27, of Winchester, is charged with first-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony after the Jan.

State Director Bobby Lewis has announced that USDA Rural Development approved a Community Facilities Direct Loan in the amount of $1,400,000 for Senior Life Services of Morgan County, Inc., Morgan County, W.Va. Rural Development funds will be used to purchase the former corporate headquarters building of U.S. Silica on the north end of Berkeley ... (more)

A Touch of Velvet Sweet Adeline Quartet will deliver singing Valentines on Feb. 14. Cost is $30, which includes two love songs, a Valentine card, a surprise and a photo.

The fluid motion and awareness was something Andrea Ward missed over the last few decades as she ached to get back into Tai Chi.

He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph A. Ware Sr.; mother, Mildred W. Ware; father-in-law, James E. Watson Jr.; mother-in-law, Emma D. Watson; and brother-in-law, Erroll J. Leslie.

Reply to the Charles Town reader who saw the coach throw his clipboard and kick the chair: I agree, I have seen so many adults who are truly not setting acceptable behavior for our children.

A recent meeting of citizens concerned over a proposed CVS in Charles Town led to discussions of possible litigation to stop the project.

The Jefferson County Commission has expressed unanimous opposition to a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision which allowed for a considerable expansion of corporate money in political campaigns and granted corporations an independent right to freedom of speech.

The fluid motion and awareness was something Andrea Ward missed over the last few decades as she ached to get back into Tai Chi.

Mary Jane Canby, 76, of Martinsburg, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Kathy, in Morgantown.

Editor's note: During the course of a week, issues are covered that might not lend themselves to full editorial comment, but they are worthy of The Journal weighing in - pro, con or neutral.

Thank goodness the Senate has drafted a bill to outlaw the use of insider trading information by members of Congress to amass fortunes in the stock market! How else could we possibly expect our elected officials to know what to do and what not to do with privileged information! This quote by a Junction commenter sums up the mindset of the ... (more)

The Berkeley County Roundhouse Authority will meet Feb. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the law firm of Martin and Seibert LC, 1453 Winchester Ave., Martinsburg.

A weakening, very strung out storm is inching across Maryland Saturday night. As the moisture arrives, it is encountering an air mass where colder air is seeping down from the north and battling the warm air already in place.

An armed robbery took place this morning in Monrovia, Maryland. It happened at Suntrust Bank on 11323 Fingerboard Road at approximately 10:58 a.m. Maryland State Police say they are investigating a person of interest regarding the robbery.

In this file photo taken Dec. 22, 2011, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted from a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md.

The mother of the Hagerstown woman who was killed by her boyfriend will be in court Friday afternoon as she faces eviction from the home where the tragedy happened.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - A discharged Marine private who slit his wrists in a suicide attempt is fighting his military conviction for deliberately injuring himself, arguing the punishment is inconsistent with the armed forces' efforts to battle a rise in suicides during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lily Chalkley and her mother, Melanie, view one of the many pieces of artwork on display at the Art Talk Cafes on Saturday at the Weinberg Center for the Arts.

Frederick's Tilco Drive mail processing plant was closed Nov. 18. Local mail now travels to Baltimore to be sorted before delivery.

A Myersville man was arrested early today in Frederick after he was accused of demanding cigarettes and saying he had a gun, according to police.

Rosie, one of Diane Lynn's several adopted dogs, has to eat standing on its hind legs due to a condition known as dysplasia.

But the map is "infused with asbestos," Kirby said in an email, and he must "determine the most environmentally appropriate and legal way" to dispose of it.

Local officials believe hiring for more than 1,000 jobs will begin within a few weeks following state approval Thursday of a gas-fired power plant to be constructed by Dominion Virginia Power.

The State Corporation Commission also approved a rate rider allowing Dominion Virginia Power to begin recovering the cost of the project, including transmission facilities.

View Photo Gallery - Four rare maned wolf pups were born January 5 at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

Back off Liam Neeson, these wolves are too cute to fight. This week, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va., posted photos of some new maned wolf pups, and they are "Awww"-inducing. The pups were born on Jan.

View larger image Sheriff Daniel McEathron looks out of the patrol division room window recently in the Warren County Public Safety Building that is under construction across from Skyline High School in Front Royal.