MORGANTOWN — Chadwick D. Alt thought he was talking to a 12-year-old girl online last year when he suggested a sexual encounter and sent a lewd photograph of himself. It was […]
Cops and Courts
EQT reaches tentative $53 million agreement in statewide suit
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — EQT has reached a tentative settlement agreement with West Virginia landowners who are part of a statewide class action lawsuit originally filed in Doddridge County. EQT made the […]
Morgantown Police investigate stabbing on Pietro Street
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown Police are investigating a stabbing that happened near the Walnut Street Bridge just after midnight Wednesday. The incident appears to be an isolated one, they said, and there […]
Trial for former WVU professor accused of sexual assault begins
MORGANTOWN — The trial for a former WVU professor accused of waking a woman up by sexually assaulting her began in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Tuesday. Joseph Baltimore was […]
July trial date set for lawsuit against ChalleNGe Academy and W.Va. National Guard
KINGWOOD — A suit filed in 2014 by the father of a Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy cadet who died after leaving the academy has been set for trial in July. Gaitlin […]
Preston deputies fighting drug-related crime four ways
KINGWOOD — Preston County Sheriff’s deputies are attacking drug-related crimes on multiple fronts. And they believe they are making a difference. For example, in 2012, more than 200 burglaries were […]
Preston deputies charge two men with marijuana possession after chase
KINGWOOD — Two men faced drug and other charges after police said they fled from Preston County Sheriff’s deputies. Blake Conrad, 28, of Berkeley Springs, was in the Tygart Valley […]
Man pleads guilty to 2018 robbery of Kingwood BB&T Bank
KINGWOOD — A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty Thursday to robbing the Kingwood branch of BB&T Bank last year. But Preston Circuit Judge Steve Shaffer refused to go along with a […]
Four juveniles injured in Preston accident
KINGWOOD — The Preston County Sheriff’s Department said four juveniles were taken to area hospitals after an accident Wednesday afternoon in northern Preston County. Because of their age, the names […]
Five murder indictments among 44 sent to Marion County grand jury
FAIRMONT — A grand jury sitting in Marion County this week returned 44 indictments, including five for first-degree murder. James Ryan Vincent, 30, of Fairmont, David Uphold, 34, of Rivesville, […]
