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Michael Donivan White pled guilty yesterday to federal charges related to the 2021 murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler.

A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Thursday to the first-degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael Chandler.

The Virginia Department of Corrections says an inmate at Red Onion State Prison has been charged in connection to the 2023 death of another inmate at the facility.

An inmate at Red Onion State Prison in Wise County has been charged with aggravated murder in connection to the death of his cell mate at the facility in 2023.

A man must serve 14 years in prison after he shot a person in a downtown Big Stone Gap parking lot, according to the Wise County Commonwealth's Attorney's...

Wise, va. – Attorney General Jason Miyares announced Thursday that Michael Donivan White, 36, originally of Cross, S.C., pleaded guilty to first-degree murder of Big Stone Gap Police Officer Michael

A custody dispute may have been a factor in an apparent murder-suicide in Wise on Wednesday, according to authorities.

NORTON, Va. (WJHL) – The trial for James Buckland, the man accused of shooting Norton police chief James Lane in May 2021, begins Thursday in Wise County. Buckland’s trial starts with jury selection on Thursday and Friday, with opening arguments scheduled for Monday. The trial is scheduled to conclude by Oct. 27. Buckland faces a […]

Authorities are investigating what they have determined was a Wednesday murder-suicide discovered that night.

NORTON, Va. (WJHL) – James Buckland, the man accused of shooting Norton, Virginia police chief James Lane in 2021 is now set to face a jury trial later this year. According to a release from the Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, Buckland appeared in Wise County Circuit Court on Thursday to request a bond and […]