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Preston Grand Jury indicts Terra Alta mayor, others

KINGWOOD — The mayor of Terra Ala was among those indicted by the final Preston County Grand Jury of 2020 on Tuesday. Mayor Robert Anthony DeLauder, 55, was indicted on a charge of damaging or destroying telecommunications or cable service. In August, Preston Prosecuting Attorney ...

High court upholds Tewalt’s strangulation conviction

Denies circuit's lifetime protection order for victim KINGWOOD — The State Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of Steven Tewalt and denied his motion for a new trial but reversed a part of the lower court’s ruling. The high court said it was inappropriate for Preston Circuit ...

Committee discusses authority to investigate police misconduct cases

MORGANTOWN -- “Investigation” was the word at the center of conversation Monday as Morgantown’s special committee on community policing met remotely. As in, should the ordinance enabling a new community policing and citizen review board give the board the authority to  ...

Man accused in 2019 Preston County murder waives preliminary hearing

KINGWOOD— One of two people accused in the 2019 murder of Phillip “Bucky” Barlow has waived his preliminary hearing. By waiving the preliminary hearing in magistrate court Monday, Oct. 19, Robert Joseph Quinn, 43. of Tunnelton, allows the case to go directly to the Preston County ...

District charges 75 with firearms crimes

Newsroom@DominionPost.com WHEELING — Last week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearm-related crimes during Fiscal Year 2020, despite the challenges of COVID-19 and its impact on the criminal justice process.  These cases have ...