HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Huntington Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating two suspects in connection with an active homicide investigation from May.
Police said Allen Rubin Mitchell, 29, also known as “Scratch,” of Michigan, and Eugene Smith, 44, also known as “Smitty,” of New York, are wanted for questioning.
The police stated they may be linked to the killing of Wesley Mitchem, 29, of South Point, Ohio.
Mitchem died after he was shot in the 2600 block of Fifth Avenue on

GRAFTON, W.Va – A United States Postal Service worker has been arrested after being accused of taking rebate checks from from residents on his route in Taylor County.
Police in Grafton said Eric Leighow, 49, of Grafton, an employee at the Grafton USPS office used rebate that did not beling to him that were taken from the mail of others.
A resident reorted a missing rebate check back in April from Menards and police said they have video surveillance of Leighow making purchases using the rebate

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The state’s Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the bench in the eastern panhandle.
Applications will be accepted through June 24th from those interested in serving on the bench in the 27th Judicial Circuit which is Berkeley and Morgan Counties. The vacancy was created by the retirement of Judge R. Steven Redding who retired after eight years on the bench.
Applications and letters of recommendation can be filed at the following

WESTON, W.Va – A former youth pastor accused of sexually abusing multiple young girls has two cases continued during a Wednesday hearing in Lewis County Circuit Court.
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Radcliff was indicted in July 2024 for sexually abusing multiple young girls beginning at 3 or 4 and continuing through the age of 12. He is accused of forcing the girls to perform sex acts and sexually assaulted them from 1987 through 2003. Reports indicate some of the girls were related to Radcliff.
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KEYSER, W.Va. –– Opponents of the Mid Atlantic Resiliency Link (MARL) transmission line are expected to make their voices heard as the West Virginia Public Service Commission public hearings on the line permit application are heard.
The hearings are set for Keyser Thursday night and Romney Friday evening. Hearings are slated for next week in Morgantown and Kingwood.
NextEra Energy Transmission wants to build the line which would run from Pennsylvania to Virginia aimed at powering a data center