The deputy superintendent of the Western Virginia Regional Jail has been promoted to the top job after the retirement of his predecessor. David Cox, 55, is a 27-year veteran of law enforcement who ...

ABINGDON — An inmate has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for beating and pepper-spraying a correctional officer while being held at the Western Virginia Regional Jail in Roanoke County.

Williams said her son is a Virginia Department of Corrections inmate being held at the jail. She said she is “always calling DOC” to report conditions at the jail. “My son told me he would ...

Red Onion is in Pound and Wallens Ridge is in Big Stone Gap at opposite ends of Wise County in Southwest Virginia ... from 2017 at Hampton Roads Regional Jail provided by Carter’s family ...

It did not elaborate on what or how many items were recovered. Cempre was booked at Central Virginia Regional Jail in Orange, but was later released on bond.

A Greene County grand jury has indicted a Ruckersville pastor already charged with child sex crimes with three additional charges. Rodney Martin Locklear, 47, was indicted in Madison County ...