Police: Man flashes gun in Boone road rage incident
Boone police are trying to track down a driver so upset they said he starting flashing a gun at other people. Police said the fit of road rage took place around 2 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of East King Street and Forest Hills Drive. A witness told police the ...
No rape charges against 2 ASU football players, D.A. says
The Watauga County District Attorney will not be filing charges against two Appalachian State football players that were accused of rape. Students at the school protested the school’s response to reports of two sexual assaults involving the same two players in March. The accusers said the incidents happened in the ...
App State football players to learn next week if criminal charges will be filed
A district attorney said he will announce next week if he plans to file criminal charges in a sexual assault case involving Appalachian State football players. Two sex assault cases were reported at the university last year. The Watauga County district attorney did not file charges in the first case. ...
Marijuana grow house found in Watauga County, 4 arrested
Investigators uncovered a marijuana grow house in Watauga County. Officers arrested four people when they seized three dozen marijuana plants from a road on Stone Mountain Road in the town of Vilas. Police are still looking for a fifth suspect, identified as Shannon Townsend, who owns the home.
Meth lab found in Watauga County by NC DOT crew
A North Carolina Department of Transportation crew found remnants of a meth lab in Watauga County on Friday. The lab was found on Meat Camp Road in the town of Todd, N.C. The Watauga County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Unit was called in to handle the lab. The items were ...
Boone police make arrests in pair of financial crimes
Police in Boone have made arrests in a pair of financial crime investigations. According to police, officers on Thursday arrested a Walmart employee for allegedly stealing money from a cash register. Michael Richard Drake, 20, was booked into a detention center under at $15,000 bond. Police also arrested 34-year-old Carrie ...
App State professor who showed porn put off until Monday
An Appalachian State professor suspended for showing porn to students will meet with school administrators Monday to find out if she will keep her job. The university said it received complaints from four students over a movie she showed in class that criticizes the porn industry. Sociology professor Dr. Jammie ...
ASU professor suspended after students say she showed controversial film
An Appalachian State professor said she was suspended for showing a movie in class that she found in the school library. The movie is about the pornography industry. Dr. Jammie Price, a sociology professor, is on paid administrative leave. She was joined by other instructors at Appalachian State University when ...
Late winter storm blasts NC mountains
The calendar may say April 23, but it feels and looks more like January in the North Carolina mountains. The snowfall in Avery County let up shortly before noon Monday, which is good news for people living and working in the area trying to get around. However, there are still ...
Woman, 73, holds car theft suspects at gunpoint until police arrive
A 73-year-old woman kept three suspects in check until deputies could arrive at her home. Officers said the three people broke into her home during a chase. The tracks in the grass mark the path where a police pursuit ended. “I could see the dust and the smoke rising from ...
Duo arrested, charged with trafficking marijuana
Two people were arrested April 13 during a drug raid in Watauga County. Watauga County deputies and Boone police officers seized nearly 20 pounds of marijuana. Officers valued the drug cache at $100,000. Travis Sentel Drake and Kristin Ashley Holm were both arrested and charged with trafficking marijuana. The Boone ...
Lightning strikes — but no fire
Firefighters responded to Greenway Baptist Church just before 5 p.m. Tuesday in response to a lightning strike at the family life center adjacent to the church. An investigation showed evidence that lightning had struck, but the strike did not start a fire, said Mike Teague of the Boone Fire Department. ...
Truck overturns near Blowing Rock
An overturned dump truck slowed traffic on U.S. 321 near Blowing Rock on Monday morning. The accident happened just before 6 a.m. near Canyons restaurant and closed at least one lane for much of the morning. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident. Blowing Rock Police Chief Eric ...
Democrats mobilize for 2012 elections
The impending May 8 referendum on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in North Carolina was chief among the issues discussed at the annual Watauga County Democratic Convention Saturday. The Rev. Marcia Cham, a retired United Church of Christ minister and vocal opponent of the amendment, was the ...
Two more arrested for break-ins
The Boone Police Department has charged two more suspects in connection with a rash of business break-ins that occurred early this year. Kevin Dewight Hull, 38, of Hickory, was charged with 27 counts of breaking and entering, 18 counts of larceny after breaking and entering, one count of safe cracking, ...
Democratic convention is Saturday
The Watauga County Democratic Party will hold its annual convention Saturday, April 14, at the Watauga County Courthouse. Registration and a potluck luncheon will begin at noon in the top floor lobby outside of Courtroom No. 1. The convention will begin at 1 p.m. inside the courtroom. Delivering the keynote ...
CVS robbery footage released
The Boone Police Department has released surveillance footage from a robbery that occurred at CVS last week. The footage is available online in two clips at bit.ly/CVSclip1 and bit.ly/CVSclip2 The robbery occurred at about 5:30 p.m. April 5 when a man entered the store, showed a gun to the pharmacy ...
Todd man airlifted with gunshot wound
A Todd man was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center on Tuesday night after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest or abdomen area, according to Sheriff Len Hagaman. Deputies, medics and first responders were dispatched at about 10:30 p.m. to 5500 Castle Ford Road in Todd, Hagaman said. ...
'Vote for Marriage' rally draws 100
A rally in support of the May 8 voter referendum on a state constitutional amendment that would define marriage between one man and one woman as the only valid domestic legal union in North Carolina drew between 100 and 125 people to the Watauga High School auditorium Tuesday evening. The ...
Report: Cobb a candidate at So. Miss.
According to a published report, Southern Mississippi is targeting Appalachian State athletic director Charlie Cobb to become the new AD at the Hattiesburg, Miss. college. The Hattiesburg American reported on its web site Thursday that Southern Miss is interested in Cobb to replace Richard Giannini, who retired in January after 13 years. ...
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