The second of two men found guilty of delivering a fatal dose of heroin laced with fentanyl and failing to render aid, resulting in the death of 26-year-old Lauren Cole in July 2020, was sentenced earlier this week in Monongalia County Circuit Court. Benjamin Shreve was given the maximum ...
BY MIKE NOLTING The man convicted of selling fentanyl-laced drugs that caused a fatal overdose has received the maximum sentence for the charge of drug delivery resulting in death and failure to render aid. Benjamin Shreve, 28, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for the July 2020 overdose death of Lauren Cole, the inspiration behind Lauren’s Wish being established by her father, Michael. “It’s a no-win situation when these things happen,” Michael Cole said. “We’re losing a generation faster than what we can even comprehend, so we have to get ...
The mother of the man missing from Westover since as long ago as December had not seen him for a year. That information was provided this week by Westover Police. WPD Chief Joe Adams said Jeremiah Erb, 41, was reported missing to his department when Erb's mother called the station Oct. ...
A Morgantown man is being held at North Central Regional Jail after he allegedly entered the residence of an elderly woman and teenage girl, threatening to kill them with a knife. Charles Lee Dawson, 59, of Morgantown, is facing four misdemeanor charges, including brandishing a deadly ...
A local couple wants justice after a driver ran over a construction worker in Sabraton then fled the scene Monday afternoon. Tammy Gibson, whose husband Scott has been working on the repaving project on Earl L. Core Road in Sabraton, said she experienced every wife’s worst nightmare that ...
A majority of West Virginia Supreme Court justices dissolved an injunction against a scholarship for students leaving the public school system. The Hope Scholarship was being challenged over whether it violates the state constitution’s guarantee of a “thorough and efficient” education system. Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit earlier ordered an injunction to halt distribution of the Hope Scholarship for about 3,000 students in its first year. The five-member state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in an appeal two days ago. Thursday, justices indicated they would enter ...
