Issiah Ross double murder trial: Jury deliberations set to resume Wednesday

Issiah Ross double murder trial: Jury deliberations set to resume Wednesday

Jury deliberations in the Issiah Ross trial are set to resume Wednesday after being delayed two days due to a weekend ice storm.

The Morning News: School Delays, Murder Trial, UNC Center Closures, Chatham Data Centers

In today’s news: more school delays and closures from last week’s winter storm, and the jury continues deliberating in Issiah Ross’ murder trial. Also: UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts comments after the Board of Trustees votes to shut down six area studies centers; Chatham County residents push county commissioners to put a moratorium on AI data centers; election experts say Roy Cooper has the edge in this year’s North Carolina Senate race; the sched…

Wed: Jury ready with verdict on one victim, divided on another

Jurors concluded their second full day of deliberations on Wednesday afternoon without reaching, or at least revealing, a final verdict in both of the two first-degree murder charges against Issiah Ross, 21, a former Eastern Alamance High School student (see related story, this edition). Ross is charged with the shooting deaths of 18-year-old Devin Clark, a fellow student at Eastern, and 14-year-old Lyric Woods on the outskirts of Mebane in Sept…

Jury continues deliberations as weather interrupts

Last Thursday, the fate of Issiah Ross, who stands charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of 14-year-old Lyric Woods and 18-year-old Devin Clark, was placed in the hands of the jury, whose members had for almost…