John Douglas

After less than three hours of deliberation last week, a Morgan County jury found Zebulon G. Weinschel guilty of attempting to murder a Maryland man following a drunken party in Hancock in January, 2006.

Weinschel, who was then 25, cut the throat of Mike Broadwater, then 19, during an excursion from Hancock to a cave in Morgan County on Saturday, January 7, 2006.

Voters will be electing an array of officials, from U. S. President to Morgan County leaders, in the 2008 elections.

Between Monday, January 14 and Saturday, January 26, candidates may file for county, state and federal elected offices in the Mountain State.

January

Cost is estimated at $11 million for the new Morgan County Courthouse and county office complex. Design ideas are in the works. About

January

Cost is estimated at $11 million for the new Morgan County Courthouse and county office complex. Design ideas are in the works. About

Collections of ghostly tales have long been favorites among the West Virginia books published each year.

Thursday, November 22, is the 44th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, an event that many Americans are still sorting out. Ever since the 1963 tragedy in Dallas, large numbers of us have doubted the official explanation that a lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald, shot the president from the window of the Texas School Book Depository in Dealey Plaza.

Countless books, TV shows and the popular film "JFK" have convinced people that the assassination was a conspiracy. In his recent book Reclaiming History, Vincent Bugliosi takes on the conspiracy myths and arguments. He finds them all lacking credibility and proof.

This week's letter from Richard J. Thomas hits on a problem that has also affected many others in Morgan County, including us.

We, too, have had endless brief power outages, and it seems to be getting worse. Like Thomas, we've been told it might be our problem, though the same thing happens at the homes around us.

We've written about this before, but it's happened again. Monday's mail brought a letter from a charity seeking money for a "Berkeley Springs Area" fund drive. The money was to be sent to a Washington, D. C. address. The charity may be legit, but, quite obviously, the connection to "Berkeley Springs" is mislabelled.

Steve Hutchinson sent in a crazy deer hunting tale from 62 years ago, involving his father, Edwin Hutchinson. The story was carried by Associated Press. Here's the version that appeared in The Washington Post on December 15, 1945:

Deer Fells Hunter, Runs Off With

Water supply has emerged as a major piece in the planning for "The Villages at Coolfont."