Senator from Randolph honors Riley Wingfield; area schools show solidarity

Senator from Randolph addressed the Senate to report on the recent death of Riley Wingfield in a side‑by‑side accident and to describe a community show of support. He said he wore a black suit with an orange tie to Riley's visitation and noted that Buchanan Upshur High School and Tucker County High School urged students to wear orange and black in solidarity with grieving students at Elkins High School.

"For those who paid attention, I wore a black suit with an orange tie because, yesterday was Riley's visitation and, everyone wore orange and black," the senator said. He described the cross‑county display of support as "very moving" and asked that his remarks be entered into the journal. Senator from Lewis requested that the remarks be placed in the appendix of the journal and the presiding officer announced no objection.