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The preliminary hearing for the man whose father shot and critically wounded a state trooper has been moved to next month. Kenneth Lees II had been scheduled for a hearing on felony charges of aggravated assault and fleeing or eluding police as well as a misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment and six traffic offenses. Lees’ father shot state trooper Bradley Wilson in the neck and torso as he was trying to serve a warrant on Lees’ Brockway house to look for evidence of a meth lab on September 26. After the shooting, police were looking for the younger Lees, who eventually took them on a chase that lasted nearly half an hour. Lees’ father shot and killed himself inside the house. Wilson remains hospitalized in Pittsburgh. Lees has not been charged with any drug offenses. He is in Jefferson County Jail on $75,000 bail. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

The state trooper who was shot and critically injured Thursday afternoon in Brockway is in stable condition at UPMC in Pittsburgh, but officials say he will have a long road to recovery. Officials wouldn't give specifics about Trooper Bradley Wilson's condition, but did say he is expected to survive. Wilson was shot in the neck and torso by 60-year-old Kenneth Lees Sr. as he and another trooper were attempting to execute a search warrants at Lees’ home. Lees took his own life several hours later after barricading himself inside his home. Police did not storm the house because they suspected a meth lab was operating there and the chemicals used to cook the drug are highly volatile. They had been investigating for about two weeks. Lees’ son, Kenneth Lees II, is charged with felony counts of aggravated assault and fleeing or attempting to elude police, for taking officers on a 15- to 20-mile chase Thursday night. He’s jailed on $75,000 bail, The news leader of th...