By Staff reports
Two Kanawha County children reported missing earlier this week were found safe in Jackson County Saturday, and their mother has been charged in connection to their disappearance, according to police.
Brothers Hunter and Ryder Smith were found safe by Jackson County Sheriff's Deputies, and their mother, Jennifer Renee Smith, 33, of Charleston, has been arrested and charged with violation of a court order, according to Kanawha County Sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Brian Humphreys.
Smith is being held at the South Central Regional Jail. The two children have been placed in the custody of family members.