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Budget changes approved last week will allow nearly 100 contract workers who recently lost their jobs at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives National Tracing Center in Berkeley County, W.Va., to be rehired, U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller's office announced Saturday. “The terrible tragedy in Boston reinforces that those who protect our country and respond to emergencies should be able to get the resources they need to do their jobs to the fullest,” Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said in a news release.

Woman charged with battery MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - An Inwood, W.Va., woman who is accused of kicking a medic in the head was arraigned Friday in Berkeley County Magistrate Court on one count of battery, according to court documents. Joie Nicole Kinney, 25, of 89 Zig Zag Lane, was arraigned by Magistrate Robert L. Lowe II, who set her bond at $5,000, according to court documents. Berkeley County Sheriff's deputies said the incident occurred Thursday when authorities responded to the Zig Zag Lane residence for a reported domestic situation, according to court documents.

A Bunker Hill, W.Va., man is expected to be sentenced to life in prison next month after a jury found Wednesday that he was previously convicted of two felonies before he was convicted of child abuse in February. Nathan Allen Snyder, 29, is scheduled to be sentenced May 30 by 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge John C. Yoder. The life sentence comes with the opportunity for parole after serving 15 years, Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely has said. Snyder was convicted of four felony counts of child abuse resulting in bodily injury in Berkeley County Circuit Court.

Speaking to a crowd of more than 100 special education students in addition to parents, school officials, and businesses at the Berkeley County Schools Work Exploration Program Recognition Reception, Sallie Askin described how much it has grown since it first went into action in 2007 with just 12 students at Martinsburg High School and two businesses. “We moved on to three high schools in 2008, and we have progressed from two businesses to 89 businesses,” said Askin, the program's co-ordinator.

Several police agencies in Franklin County, Pa., and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia are participating in National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this weekend. On Saturday, people can drop off expired, unwanted or unused medications at various locations. Most drop-off points do not accept needles.   In Southcentral Pennsylvania: The Greencastle Police Department will be collecting medications from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Food Lion in Greencastle. For more information, call 717-597-9506.

Martinsburg South Middle School teacher Jeremy Anne Knight's attempt to avoid taking up the family profession only led her back into the fold. “I came from a family of teachers, so I thought I was sure of the one thing I wasn't going to do,” said Knight, who was recently named the 2013 middle school Mathematics Teacher of the Year by the West Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Knight, 47, said she had to join the U.S. Army to figure out that teaching was in fact her professional calling in life after all. “I ran away from it,” said Knight, who grew up on Long Island, N.Y. At the University of Virginia, she was in the Army ROTC Cavalier Battalion and enlisted as an officer upon graduating with a degree in English.

Motorists charged with driving under the influence are entitled to have the state provide downloadable data that shows the working history of the breath machine used on them, according to a West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals opinion filed Monday. “Any citizen arrested for DUI that submits to the breath machine shall now have meaningful access to their biggest accuser, the breath machine,” said defense attorney Harley O. Wagner, who successfully argued for the right to obtain the evidence.

Montie Hicks of BB&T, Chris Colbert of United Bank and Selwyn Persad of City Hospital were named co-chairmen of the West Virginia University Hospitals-East 2013 Bernie Hutzler Golf Classic. The annual golf classic, which benefits City Hospital in Martinsburg and Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Ranson, W.Va., will be Monday, June 3, at Cress Creek Country Club in Shepherdstown, W.Va. This year marks the 26th year for the tournament, which was established in 1988 as a fundraiser and “friend” raiser for City Hospital.

  The following appropriations for area fairs and festivals were included in the 2013-2014 budget bill that state lawmakers approved this week, according to the enrolled final version of the legislation posted on the Legislature's website:   Berkeley County Apollo Theater-Summer Program, $1,710 Belle Boyd House, $1,710 Berkeley County Youth Fair, $15,818 General Adam Stephen Memorial Foundation, $15,840 ...

A man wanted as a fugitive from justice in Maryland and in Jefferson County, W.Va., for failing to appear in court on a felony drug charge was captured Wednesday by authorities at a residence off Flowing Springs Road, police said. Bradley Allen Wilt, 31, surrendered to police after initially fleeing on foot in the vicinity of a Gray Rock Road residence where he was found, Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Victor Lupis said Thursday. Wilt was wanted in Jefferson County for failing to appear in court on a felony count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, Lupis said.