Stephen Shaffer News Today

FISHERTOWN — The Chestnut Ridge School Board, in the wake of criminal charges against one of its middle school administrators, appointed an interim administrator at its Tuesday night meeting.

Peggy Pase was sworn in as the newest magistrate in Preston County on Friday, filling the position left vacant by the death of Cindy Diann McCrobie who was elected in

Nancy Eileen Ross Auster, 96, of Canton, New York, who lived a full and inspiring life, died peacefully at home on October 14, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Nancy was

Panama operators forecast that Panama’s port activity hit a milestone in 2021 with record cargo volume and growth, passing the 8m teu mark for the first time.

Perry Alan Bancroft Perry Alan Bancroft, 59, of Cleveland, passed away on Oct. 31, 2021, at Tennova Hospital, surrounded by his beloved family.

Perry Alan Bancroft Perry Alan Bancroft, 59, of Cleveland, passed away on Oct. 31, 2021, at Tennova Hospital, surrounded by his beloved family.

Port activity in Panama grew 12.4% during the first nine months of the year to 6.39m teu, up from 5.68m teu in 2020.

KINGWOOD — Waterfront Group WV is suing Allegheny Wood Products for a property issue. David L. Hough and Cynthia F. Graves were also named as defendants in the suit. Allegheny granted Hough and Graves a right of first refusal for 2.98 acres of land in Preston County on Oct. 5, 2004, and on March 3, 2020, Allegheny conveyed over 1,000 acres situated in Preston County to the plaintiff and developed portions of the property for residential use and began to sell the lots, according to a complaint...

KINGWOOD — Arch Insurance is suing Shaffer Ford Sales alleging a vehicle was defective and caused damages. Arch Insurance Company, as subrogee of Aurora Volunteer Fire Department, filed the lawsuit against Shaffer Ford Sales and Ford Motor Company after the fire department purchased a 2004 Ford F-Super Duty 550 and brought the vehicle in for repairs on March 15, 2019, according to a complaint filed in Preston Circuit Court. Arch insured the vehicle for the department. The vehicle was losing p...

"Police toe thin blue line," noted a headline in the initial installment of the newspaper series entitled "Tarnished Badges." "DILEMMA OF DUTY," another headline said, identifying the issue in the 1995 package of stories about law enforcement use of force published in a trio of editions of The Canton Repository. "What is necessary? And what is excessive? Increasing reports of brutality make an officers job harder and the public fearful." The words narrowed the focus of a front-page discussion o...