Marsha Chwalik

News Director at West Virginia MetroNews

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Leonhardt: This week's cold temperatures will likely impact fruit tree blooms

2 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Wednesday morning temperatures in Martinsburg dipped into the low 20s while Tuesday’s 28-degree low was 11 degrees below normal. Orchardists were setting up tools – as one farmer asked for prayers — “325 acres of apples, peaches, plums, cherries, and strawberries all in bloom.
Deadly I-81 crash under investigation in Berkeley County

2 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

INWOOD, W.Va. — A crash that killed a Maryland woman and shut down I-81 in Berkeley County remains under investigation.The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department tells The Panhandle News Network the crash occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday near the 5 mile marker on I-81. The investigation indicates a 2007 Hyundai Elantra, traveling north on Interstate 81, drove through the grass median and continued northbound in the southbound lanes.
State police investigate fatal Berkeley County motorcycle wreck

2 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A crash late Friday in Martinsburg claimed the life of a motorcyclist. West Virginia State Police say they were called around 8:39 to the 55 mile marker area of Rt. 9 to the report of a crashinvolving a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, 37-year-old Grason Burkett of Martinsburg was attempting to enter the westbound lanes of the highway from the Opequon Road on-rampwhen he reportedly lost control and crashed.
Two Berkeley County sheriff's deputies on leave after alleged behavior while off-duty at Toughman Contest

3 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Two off-duty Berkeley County sheriff’s deputies are on administrative leave after being named in criminal charges from an alleged altercation at the Toughman Contest in Martinsburg last month. Investigators have charged Deputy Bryant Snapp, 36, of Hedgesville, with felony malicious wounding and Deputy David Knotts, 31 of Berkeley Springs,¬† with disorderly conduct.¬† Kaylyn Snapp, 34, the deputy’s wife, was charged with misdemeanor battery.
Department of Agriculture seeks input on eastern panhandle gypsy moth treatment plans

3 weeks ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

The WVDA has consulted with the WV Division of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Biologist and the United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service concerning the presence of any rare, threatened, or endangered species (RTE) within the proposed treatment area. Both agencies concurred that the project is not likely to adversely affect RTE species. The areas of most concern for “significant defoliation” in 2025 are Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Morgan Counties.
All 3 eggs have hatched in nest at NCTC in Shepherdstown

1 month ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Following a tragic nesting season last year in which the new eagle dad at the NCTC nest in Shepherdstown ate his eaglets, this year looks promising, with three eggs and some big news from Thursday, according to Fish and Wildlife Historian Dr. Mark Madison. “We have some breaking news,” he punned about the eaglet breaking through his egg. “The first eaglet started putting his first little hole in the egg about 7 a.m.”The eaglet was born by 6 p.m. Thursday.
Berkeley magistrate: deSoto case headed to grand jury

1 month ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — The felony case against a man elected to serve as a delegate out of Berkeley County will continue on to the grand jury. Joseph deSoto has been charged with one felony count of threats of terrorist acts after messaging a local delegate’s wife that he intended to send specific delegates “to hell” following the Republican caucus in December. Cheryl Kump, wife of 94th District Delegate Larry Kump, provided West Virginia State Police Sgt.
Three-vehicle accident on I-81 claims 2 lives, stops traffic for 6 hours

1 month ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A crash involving three passenger trucks on I-81 Wednesday afternoon in Martinsburg claimed two lives and injured two others. State police troopers along with other law enforcement and Berkeley County emergency services responded to the crash just after 4:30 Wednesday afternoon on the southbound lanes of the interstate near the Inwood exit.
House-passed bill would stiffen vehicular manslaughter penalties

1 month ago | register-herald.com | Marsha Chwalik

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When a constituent of Berkeley County Del. Larry Kump lost his wife to reckless driving, there was no mechanism to charge the driver with anything beyond a misdemeanor. “What started me legislatively with this issue was a constituent from Berkeley County, George Martincheck. His wife Dawn was killed by a reckless driver and the driver did not receive much of a sentence at all,” Kump said.
House-passed would stiffen vehicular manslaughter penalties

1 month ago | wvmetronews.com | Marsha Chwalik

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When a constituent of Berkeley County Del. Larry Kump lost his wife to reckless driving, there was no mechanism to charge the driver with anything beyond a misdemeanor. “What started me legislatively with this issue was a constituent from Berkeley County, George Martincheck. His wife Dawn was killed by a reckless driver and the driver did not receive much of a sentence at all,” Kump said.