radioNOVO News WV News Roundup for June 08, 2026

Good morning,We lead in Morgantown, where a day of historic athletic celebration was struck by severe weather. Five people remain hospitalized after powerful wind gusts swept through a sold-out Kendrick Family Ballpark during a weather delay. The Mountaineers baseball team was playing Cal Poly for a highly anticipated spot in the Men's College World Series when a sudden storm sent a massive event tent flying out of an adjacent parking lot and into spectators. First responders stabilized the scene before the game resumed, where the Mountaineers officially rallied to clinch their first-ever trip to Omaha.In a major legal update from the federal court system, a sweeping class-action lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s troubled foster care infrastructure has been officially revived. A three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals completely reversed a lower court's dismissal of the case, ruling that federal judges have a constitutional duty to intervene when state systems fail to protect vulnerable children. Originally filed on behalf of thousands of local foster youth, the suit alleges the state routinely subjects children to systemic abuse, severe neglect, and unstable housing in commercial hotels or out-of-state facilities. The revived lawsuit demands sweeping institutional reforms, including strict limits on worker caseloads and immediate local foster family placements.Meanwhile, health researchers at West Virginia University have uncovered a alarming correlation regarding prenatal health. A new study out of the School of Public Health indicates that pregnant women who spend ten hours or more per day sitting face double the risk of developing severe pregnancy complications. Researchers warn that prolonged sedentary behavior drastically multiplies the odds of high blood pressure, preterm birth, and preeclampsia.And down in the mines, federal and state regulators are investigating a dangerous workplace accident in Marshall County. Emergency crews rushed to an underground mine site after a worker was struck in the back by a massive falling rock. It took crews thirty minutes to extract the injured miner and bring him to the surface, where he was rushed to an area hospital.For more news, download the radioNOVO app. I’m Codi Gaboff, radioNOVO News, a service of Seven Mountains Media.