VA Dept. of Corrections to honor officer killed in prison attack with memorial service

Scholarship created in memory of fallen Big Stone Gap officer

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WJHL) — An endowed scholarship honoring the legacy of Big Stone Gap Officer Michael Chandler has been created. Mountain Empire Community College (MECC) announced in a news release on Tuesday that the college's foundation and Chandler's family worked together to create the scholarship for students hoping to get into law enforcement. [...]

VA Dept. of Corrections to honor officer killed in prison attack with memorial service

The Virginia Department of Corrections will honor Officer Jeremy Lewis Hall with a memorial service on Dec. 2. He was killed during a prison attack at River North Correctional Center earlier this month.

Fallen Southwest Virginia prison guard to be honored by Department of Corrections

The Virginia Department of Corrections has scheduled a memorial service at Wytheville’s Meeting Center on Tuesday for Master Corrections Officer Jeremy Hall. The River North guard was killed by an inmate at the Grayson County facility on November 17. A funeral service for Hall was held Sunday where his wife Dawn Marie addressed the guard’s co-workers, asking them to honor her husband by doing the job the way he did—firm, fair and consistent. The…