MORGANTOWN — A former WVU student accused of threatening to commit a mass shooting was acquitted on Friday following a three-day trial in Monongalia County Circuit Court. After roughly four […]
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Former WVU student accused of making terrorist threats testifies
On the second day of his trial, former WVU student Zachary Ryan Johnson took the witness stand and explained that he never meant what he said to be taken as […]
Terra Alta man sentenced to 2-8 years in prison for baseball bat attack
KINGWOOD — Drugs are killing people, and they nearly made a murderer of you, Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer told Michael E. Valentine Thursday. Valentine, 35, of Terra Alta, was […]
Trial begins for man accused of making terroristic threats at WVU
The trial for a former WVU student who is accused of saying he wanted to commit a mass shooting began in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Wednesday. In his opening […]
Preston man charged with leading police on 25-mile chase in stolen truck
KINGWOOD — A Kingwood man faces multiple charges after police say he led them on a 25-mile chase in a damaged stolen truck. Harold Ray Donovan, 43, is charged with […]
Trial begins for man accused of making terroristic threats at WVU
MORGANTOWN — A jury trial for a man who allegedly threatened to commit a mass shooting at WVU began Wednesday. Zachary Ryan Johnson was indicted by the May 2019 grand […]
Strawser guilty of 2014 murder near Greencastle, sentenced to life
By DAN DEARTH, ddearth@herald-mail.com Herald-Mail Media CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Jurors deliberated for a little more than an hour Tuesday before they found John W. Strawser Jr. guilty of the 2014 […]
Preston man pleads to failure to register as sex offender
KINGWOOD — A Preston man entered a plea to failure to register as a sex offender Tuesday, when his trial was set to begin. Two indictments were returned against Donald […]
Nine Justice companies say reorganization should remove them from lawsuit
CHARLESTON — Nine companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family continue to maintain they should not be a part of a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for […]
Jurors to hear closing arguments in Strawser murder trial
BY DAN DEARTH Herald-Mail Media CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. — Jurors in the murder trial of John W. Strawser Jr. will hear closing arguments Tuesday after the state rested its case Monday […]
