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CRIMESTOPPERS: Crime of the Week

Watauga County Crime Stoppers and the Boone Police Department request your help in identifying the person(s) responsible for the following crime(s):

On Saturday 07-17-2010, a larceny from a motor vehicle was reported to have occurred in the parking lot next to Galileo’s Restaurant, located at 1089 West King Street. Full Story

 
Wilkes Woman Beaten in Home Invasion

A man terrorized, then beat a Wilkes County woman at her Hays area home in the pre-dawn hours Sunday after demanding pills from the victim.  The Wilkes Sheriff’s Department report says that Melissa Leann Higgins answered a knock at her door at about 4:30 Sunday morning, finding a white male there who asked to use her phone. Full Story

 
Murder Victim Dumped in Yancey, Two Arrested in McDowell

A Saturday night murder lead to the Monday night arrest of two McDowell men after a Marion man’s body was recovered, dumped in a remote Yancey County location.  The Asheville Citizen-Times reports that the body of Samuel Edward Effler, 37, of Marion, was found late Sunday on a remote gravel road in Yancey County but could not be recovered until yesterday morning. Full Story

 
ASU ranked third in Coaches Poll

The Mountaineers kept their No. 3 ranking in the FCS Coaches Poll, which was released on Monday.

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ASU remains No.3 in TSN Poll

Despite their dramatic comeback win at Chattanooga, the Mountaineers are still ranked third this week in The Sports Network Poll.

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Presley earns SoCon and National Honors

On the strength of accounting for 365 yards of total offense and four touchdowns and engineering a comeback from a pair of late 21-point deficits, Appalachian State University quarterback DeAndre Presley (Tampa, Fla./Middleton) has been named the Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the SoCon office announced on Monday.

 

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UPDATE: Raleigh Man Killed in Echota Fall

A man was killed late this morning at Echota in Foscoe after falling and hitting his head.  The Watauga Sheriff’s Department identified the man as 52-year old Jefferson D. Morgan of Raleigh. Witnesses said Morgan and his wife were walking on the steep slope behind the south-facing units when the accident occurred. Full Story

 
UPDATE: Two Four-Wheeler Crashes, One Fatal

Two four-wheeler accidents occurred within a short time frame Friday afternoon and evening—one fatal.  Blowing Rock Rescue and Watauga Medics were called to the scene of the fatal accident on Sampson Road, the 6:30pm mishap due to the driver of the four-wheeler losing control, running off the road and overturning.  The State Patrol identified the victim as 55-year old Robert Dudley Townsend of Laurel Fork Church Road.

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Breitenstein scores, Terriers lose

Eric Breitenstein picked up right where he left off before a knee injiury cut his season short last fall.

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Lynch, Murrell make the grade

Two former Appalachian State football players have made the grade and will play in the National Football League this fall.

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