Heaven has gained an incredibly special angel. With heavy hearts we announce that Sylvia Jane (Kattouf) Hanna, 83, of West View, formerly of Altoona, passed away Wednesday after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nicholas J. Hanna, Ph.D.; and a brother, Subdeacon Gregory Kattouf. She was the loving mother of […]
Virginia Frances Wolfes Small passed away on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023 at Somerford in Hagerstown, Md. She was born in Martinsburg, W.Va. on Dec. 9, 1932 to th
Mid-Shore Pro Bono has named Katrina Hibdon, of Dunkirk, and Emily Marshall of East New Market, as the nonprofit’s 2022 Sandy Brown Public Interest fall interns. The paid internship program was established to honor MSPB’s previous executive director Sandy Brown who stepped down in Dec. 2021 and is supported by the Rural Maryland Council and the Maryland .
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Wilma Genevieve Pitzer, passed away Friday, April 9, 2021 at the Hospice of the Panhandle Inpatient Facility. Born in Gerrardstown, WV, April 17, 1926, she was the daughter of Howard and Daisy McCormick Pitzer. She lived her entire life on the family property with her parents and aunts who operated McCormick’s Store, which was established by her grandfather, Richard McCormick.
Since January 2018, she had remained in her home under the excellent care of Home Helpers Home Care of Martinsburg.
Employed as a bank teller at Merchants and Farmers Bank in Martinsburg, she retired from the branch in Inwood after a long career. She was a trusted and meticulous treasurer who served in that capacity for the Gerrardstown Presbyterian Church and for the Gerrardstown Presbyterian Cemetery for many years, and for the organizations in which she was a member. In addition to serving as treasurer, she was the first woman elected as a Ruling Elder at the Gerrardstown Presbyterian Churc
Lawsuit filed in death of Bloomsburg University freshman in 2019
Justin King was found dead after a fraternity party. The suit names fraternity and sorority members involved in the rush event. Author: Peggy Lee Updated: 10:45 PM EST February 26, 2021
A fraternity, sorority, and nearly 40 of their members have been hit with lawsuits for the death of a student at Bloomsburg University.
The suit was filed by the family of 18-year-old Justin King of Montgomery County who was found dead following a rush party held by Kappa Sigma.
Justin King of Montgomery County was just 18-years-old and a freshman at Bloomsburg University when he was found dead following a rush party held by the Kappa Sigma fraternity in 2019.