Martinsburg

Saturday morning's rain dampened some Martinsburg Heritage Day events, but it had little effect on the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the “for the kids, by George” children's museum at the Caperton Train Station in Martinsburg. The museum, designed by Lisa Dall'Olio of Grove & Dall'Olio Architects of Martinsburg, is a fun and engaging hands-on “total immersion” experience. Children can touch and play with the exhibits, which are designed to teach the history of the region from the time before the Europeans arrived through the middle of the 20th century, including the region's railroad history.

Irene Josephine Murphy Goetz, 84, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Friday, May 10, 2013, at her home. The memorial service will be private. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg.

Martinsburg voters will cast ballots Saturday to decide whether to renew the city's police levy, which provides funds for the police department. Polls in the City of Martinsburg open at 6:30 a.m. Saturday and close at 7:30 p.m. In order to be renewed, the excess levy question has to be approved by at least 60 percent of voters. If the levy is not renewed, it will expire June 30, 2014. Martinsburg Police Chief Kevin Miller, in an email sent Friday, described the ramifications if voters do not renew the levy.

A reported stabbing early Friday led Martinsburg police to a West Race Street apartment where they found 113 grams of crack cocaine and about $11,300, the police department announced. The investigation ultimately led to the discovery of a stolen AK-47 semi-automatic rifle and a stolen shotgun, and ammunition found in the storage unit in Berkeley County, police said. The name of a man who was treated at City Hospital in Martinsburg for a knife wound on his neck was not released by police, pending further investigation.

The driver of the pickup that fatally struck a trash collection truck worker on Dominion Road near Gerrardstown, W.Va., on March 7 has died, police said this week. Stephen J. Vigh Jr., 75, of Gerrardstown, passed away at his residence on May 1, according to his obituary. The trash collection worker, Jeremy L. Tabler, 30, died at City Hospital in Martinsburg after he was struck by the F-250 truck that Vigh was driving. State Police Trooper W.M. Roden, who investigated the crash, said Vigh was cleared of any wrongdoing in the accident.

Thomas Stevenson, 61, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at his home. The graveside service will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Rocky Gap Cemetery. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg.

A Martinsburg man was apprehended Saturday morning following an eight-hour standoff with police, according to a Martinsburg Police Department news release. Terry Lee Mason, 25, of 116 Wilt Drive, is charged with wanton endangerment and felon in possession of a firearm through Berkeley County Magistrate Court, according to the release. The incident began Saturday at about 1:30 a.m., when the Martinsburg Police Department responded to The Dirty Dawg Saloon at 1017 S. Queen St. in Martinsburg for a report of shots fired.

Leland Joseph "Lee" Durfee, 66, of Falling Waters, W.Va., died Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at his home. The service and burial will be private. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va.

Robert Lee Hicks III, 60, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va. The family will receive friends Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg. The service and burial will be private.