New Battlefield Site Replacing Dilapidated Harpers Ferry Buildings
Five derelict buildings in Harpers Ferry are being torn down beginning this month. A new battlefield landscape will take their place.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA man who pleaded guilty to killing a Morgantown resident has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Twenty-seven-year-old Thomas Williams was sentenced Tuesday in Monongalia County Circuit Court. He had pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder.
Under a plea agreement, Williams will be eligible for parole after serving 10 years.
Prosecutors say Williams fatally shot 23-year-old Quintin Bolden in November 2011. A West Virginia University professor and his class discovered Bolden’s body in Cheat Lake in February 2012.