CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senator Mike Stuart has resigned his seat in the state Senate.
Mike Stuart
Stuart’s resignation will take effect Thursday morning after he was confirmed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate to be the next general counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after being nominated by President Donald Trump.
Stuart, R-Kanawha, served as Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. Gov. Patrick Morrisey will appoint his replacement.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Kanawha County jury found a man not guilty Wednesday in connection with a gun fight near the Shawnee Sports Complex last year.
Kaden Bowman (WVRJA)
Kaden Bowman was charged with two counts of wanton endangerment with a firearm.
The jury found him not guilty on both charges. The 12-member panel deliberated the case for about 90 minutes.
Two other men in the case, Antonio Jacobs and Zion Clark, pleaded guilty earlier this year and were sentenced to multiple years in prison.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  — The location for the 2025-26 warming shelter in Monongalia has been determined after a special meeting of Morgantown Community Resources Wednesday morning.
Jeff Arnett
MCR board member and Monongalia County Commissioner Jeff Arnett said the Nitor Suites facility on West Run Road, operated by the West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness, will be the primary location for the warming shelter this year.
“The first priority option will be the facility on West Run Road,” Arnett

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Following his confirmation as US Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia this week, Jefferson County Prosecutor Matt Harvey has tendered his resignation.
Matt Harvey
In a letter dated Wednesday, October, Harvey said his resignation would be in effect as of that day, Harvey said, “It has been the greatest honor of my professional life to serve the citizens of Jefferson County as their elected Prosecuting Attorney,” Harvey said. “The trust this community placed in

RANSON, W.Va. — A Martinsburg man has been arrested after allegedly injuring a police chief in Virginia, carjacking a work van, and leading police on a multi-jurisdictional car chase through parts of Virginia and West Virginia.
Juan Payne (WVRJA)
The Frederick County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office said Middletown Police Chief Gary Benedict answered a call around 9:00 a.m. Tuesday regarding a missing phone that had been tracked to the 7-Eleven convenience store in Middletown.  The chief was talking

SUTTON, W.Va. — A former youth pastor accused of sexual misconduct with young girls facing nearly 100 charges in Lewis, Harrison and Nicholas counties faces a new indictment for the same charges.
John Radcliff (WVRJA)
John Radcliff has now been indicted in Braxton County for three counts of abuse by a parent, guardian, or custodian, three counts of incest, two counts of first-degree sexual assault, and one count of third-degree sexual assault.
Radcliff was indicted in Lewis County in July on

ROCK CREEK, W.Va. — A woman is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Boone County.
State police said Charity Holstein, 39, died Tuesday afternoon after losing control of the car she was driving in the Rock Creek area.
Troopers said the car left the highway and was on its side in a creek when emergency personnel arrived.
A man riding with Holstein survived the wreck. He was taken to a Charleston hospital after suffering minor injuries.
State police are continuing an investigation into the crash.

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–Updates to lawmakers on flood recovery
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