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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The Martinsburg Police Department responded Friday to a breaking and entering at the Church of the Bible Covenant on Sheridan Avenue, according to a police department press release. The church "sustained property damage," and audio equipment was stolen, police said. It was not mentioned when the incident occurred. Anyone with information about the incident may call the Martinsburg Police Department at 304-264-2100 or Berkeley County Crime Solvers at 304-267-4999.

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. A man drowned in Sleepy Creek Lake near Hedgesville Saturday afternoon after he had trouble while swimming, emergency officials said. The call was received at 4:55 p.m., a 911 dispatcher said. The drowning happened near the lake's dam. An adult male was swimming and went under the water. He resurfaced and yelled for help, then went under the water again, Berkeley County Medical Examiner David Brining said. The man was pulled out of the water by other people at the lake, but pronounced dead at the scene.

The homicide of a 27-year-old man and shooting of a 26-year-old woman Wednesday morning at an apartment complex in Ranson, W.Va., remain under investigation, police said Thursday. Dontrell Tyree Curry of Ranson was found shot in the head by police at a second-floor apartment in Apple Tree Gardens Apartments in the 800 block of North Mildred Street shortly after authorities received a report of shots fired at 5 a.m. Rachel Cooke, 26, who resides at the apartment, was shot in the arm. Two of her children who were home at the time of the shooting were not harmed, police had said.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. A Virginia man convicted of killing a woman and her 3-year-old son before setting their apartment on fire in 2010 was sentenced Monday to consecutive life sentences plus an additional 20 years in prison. Antonio Prophet, 36, of Lorton, Va., was found guilty in July of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of first-degree arson in the deaths of Angela Devonshire, 22, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., and her son, Andre White. Prophet, who insisted he was innocent at his sentencing hearing, was given the maximum sentence by presiding 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge Christopher C. Wilkes, who cited at least two prior felony convictions among Prophet's “extensive” criminal history dating to 1994.

A woman and her 1-year-old daughter were airlifted to Fairfax Inova Hospital, and another man was injured Thursday evening in a three-vehicle crash in Charles Town, W.Va., the Charles Town Police Department said in a news release. Katie Danner, 20, of Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., suffered internal injuries, as well as facial and skull fractures in the crash that occurred about 7:15 p.m. at the intersection of W.Va. 9 and Crosswinds Drive, Officer Doug Bird said Friday night. Danner was in flown from the scene with her daughter, Masie Ramsey, who was discharged from the hospital later Thursday night, Bird said.

A Morgan County, W.Va., man drowned Sunday while fishing in Sleepy Creek Lake. Read the full story in Monday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - The Jefferson County Commission on Thursday signed a resolution supporting the widening of W.Va. 9 to a four-lane highway. The resolution was similar to one passed recently by the Berkeley County Commission, said Commissioner Gregory Lance. Commissioner Edgar Ridgeway opposed the resolution, Lance said.

A 43-year-old Falling Waters, W.Va., woman is featured in the August 2005 edition of Oprah Winfrey's magazine. Lana Spence is one of 10 women featured in vignettes about their backgrounds and struggles with weight loss, confidence and their lives. Read the full story in Monday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

About 700 people, including hundreds of students, attended the funeral Tuesday for Miana Stewart, a 14-year-old girl killed last week in her Gerrardstown, W.Va., home. Read the full story in Wednesday's Herald-Mail newspapers.

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. - Piedmont Garden Club will hold a plant sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, at Asbury United Methodist Church. Perennial plants, including herbs, will be sold.