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An emotional time for people in Pennington Gap as an American hero was brought home and finally laid to rest.

An American hero killed in the Korean War is returning to Pennington Gap on Friday.

After three years of growth, Mountain Empire Transit’s MetGo system is opening a second route package in Wise County.

LEE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – A Pennington Gap woman was sentenced to 10 years in Virginia state prison Tuesday. Melinda Davis was sentenced after she was convicted on methamphetamine distribution charges, according to the Office of Lee County Commonwealth’s Attorney H. Fuller Cridlin. The commonwealth’s attorney’s office stated that Davis will be placed on supervised […]

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency announced last week that the remains of six service members from World War II and the Korean War had been accounted for.

PENNINGTON GAP, Va. (WJHL) – A Southwest Virginia soldier who served in the Korean War has been accounted for decades later. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Wednesday that U.S. Army Private 1st Class Harold D. Wilder, of Pennington Gap, was accounted for. Wilder was killed in the Korean War and was officially accounted […]

A Pennington Gap veteran who was killed in the Korean War has been accounted for, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

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