Marsha Chwalik

News Director at West Virginia MetroNews

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Reigning Miss West Virginia, Miss West Virginia's Teen reflect on past year

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – A new Miss West Virginia and Miss West Virginia’s Teen will be crowned in Martinsburg Saturday night. This week the current titleholders sat down on Panhandle Live to reflect on their year. Miss West Virginia Jennifer Reuther, a Type 1 Diabetic, said one of her favorite memories from the past year was visiting Camp KnoKoma and talking to children, who like her, got a life-altering diagnosis at a young age.
Berkeley County deputies make arrests in series of thefts at retail stores

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Police in Berkeley County arrested two of four people they say had been part of a retail theft ring that stole from stores over a 48-hour period in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina. That spree came to a halt for two of them in Martinsburg Wednesday night when Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies responded to a shoplifting complaint at the Target in the Retail Commons.
Three teenagers arrested in Berkeley County car heist

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

INWOOD, W.Va. — Three teenagers face charges after another juvenile was robbed of his vehicle at gunpoint in Inwood Wednesday night. Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Sheetz off Winchester Avenue/Rt. 11 in Inwood around 8:30 p.m. where a victim told them he had been robbed of his vehicle and wallet after giving two young men ride.
Attempted murder charges filed after Berkeley County shooting

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — A man was shot and another charged with attempted murder after an incident early Tuesday morning in Berkeley County. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network deputies were dispatched to the Rutters gas station on Hedgesivlle Road just after 3 a.m. for a reported shooting. A suspect, identified as 20-year-old Elias Michael Jenkins of Martinsburg, had reportedly fled the scene before law enforcement arrived. Deputies found him nearby.
Admonishment for former Berkeley County magistrate

1 week ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A formal admonishment has been handed down by the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission against former Berkeley County Magistrate David DeHaven, who resigned his post and was replaced by Sandy Hamilton last month.
Arrest made in Morgan County armed robbery

2 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man this week wanted in an armed robbery in Morgan County. BCSD Chief Deputy of Staff Eric Burnett tells The Panhandle News Network a man and woman had been robbed of $1,900 and a cell phone after the suspect, identified as Daniel Speilman, 19, of Hedgesville, allegedly brandished a firearm.
Murder investigation underway in Berkeley County

2 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

INWOOD, W.Va. — A woman is dead and a man facing murder charges following a call to a home off Sulphur Springs Road in Inwood Tuesday. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network they answered a ‘physical disturbance call’ at the home at 473 Sulphur Springs Road just after 3 p.m.They determined a woman, identified as Heather Welcome, 49, of Inwood was dead.
Berkeley County farm preservation group to celebrate 25th anniversary this month

3 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A farmland preservation group in Berkeley County will celebrate its 25th anniversary later this month. The Berkeley County Farmland Protection Board was created on June 15, 2000 after enabling legislation was approved by state lawmakers. Berkeley County was the first to establish a board after the statewide bill was signed into law. Resa Ingram-Orsini, who heads up the board, said the efforts have been successful.
Eight more defendants sentenced in massive Eastern Panhandle fentanyl drug trafficking operation

3 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Eight more people have been sentenced for their roles in a massive Eastern Panhandle drug trafficking organization. Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard for the Northern District of West Virginia tells MetroNews an indictment from January of 2024 named Gary Brown, Jr. and eighty-one others, charging that the defendants caused substantial amounts of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine to be distributed in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties.
Jefferson County authorities release information about deadly motorcycle crash

3 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va. — A motorcycle crash in Jefferson County Sunday claimed a life. Lt. Robert Sell with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network that Law Enforcement and Fire/EMS were dispatched to Route 115 and the intersection of Old Creamery Place in Kearneysville just after 6 in the evening for a single motorcycle crash with serious injury.

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