Terra Alta is a town in Preston County, West Virginia, with a population of 1,781. According to the most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 97.80% of residents identify as white, 0.40% as ...

A man has allegedly confessed to the killing of a 13-year-old boy, nearly four decades after the gruesome murder. “Despite law enforcement's efforts at that time — which also included helping ...

TERRA ALTA, W.Va. — Detectives from the Preston County Sheriff’s Department and West Virginia State Police say a Monongalia County man has confessed to a 1985 murder. Troopers said David Adams, 56, of ...

A 56-year-old West Virginia man has been charged in a decades-old unsolved murder case. Jerimiah Watkins, who went by Jerry, was 13 when he was murdered in Terra Alta, a small town not far from the ...

Kenneth Irwin “Kenny” Graham, 62, of Terra Alta, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at his home following a brief illness. He was born January 5, 1962, in Bucyrus, Ohio, the ...

TERRA ALTA, W. Va. (KDKA) -- A man who fled with his girlfriend following a fatal shooting at a bar in West Virginia over the weekend is in custody. The Preston County Sheriff's Office says the search ...