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For the third time in the last two years, an App State alum was selected in the NFL Draft. The Green Bay Packers took Shemar Jean-Charles in the fifth round (No. 178 overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft on Saturday. The Mountaineers’ All-America cornerback was the first Sun Belt Conference player selected in this year’s draft, and it represented the culmination of a remarkable college career for the Miramar, Fla., native. After signing with App State as a two-star recruit, he sat behind all-confe...

Final 2021 NFL Draft Grades: Couple A’s but Mostly B’s for Packers With the 2021 NFL Draft complete, the national punditry has weighed in on the Green Bay Packers’ nine-man class. Author: May 2, 2021 GREEN BAY, Wis. – When you were a kid, did you ever stick your tongue on a 9-volt battery? You know you shouldn’t but you did, anyway. Same thing with draft grades. You know you shouldn’t click but, here you are, ready for a tiny jolt of lunacy for your brain cells. With that ...

ABC Columbia May 1, 2021 12:00 AM EDT Ernest Jones was selected by the Los Angeles Rams with the 40 th pick in the third round of the NFL Draft on Friday night. He was the 103rd pick overall in the 2021 draft. At South Carolina’s Pro Day, the Waycross, Ga. native measured in at 6-1 1/2 and 230 pounds. He posted a 38 1/2-inch vertical leap, broad jumped 10-6 and bench pressed 225 pounds 19 times while running a 4.69 hand-held timed 40-yard dash. Jones becomes the second Gamecock selected so ...

One-on-one interview with High Points new police chief, Travis Stroud Chief Stroud discussed his plans for the future of the department and the challenges that come with policing in 2021. Author: Grace Holland Updated: 12:25 AM EDT May 1, 2021 HIGH POINT, N.C. — A new Triad police chief is taking over as complicated discussions about policing continue, nationwide. Travis Stroud is being bumped up from the interim job to be High Points top cop. WFMY News 2s Grac...

Similarly, Grinnell College, a private liberal arts college in Iowa, will require the vaccine for students next year, but the chair of the Iowa Board of Regents said that the state’s public universities will not. Public universities in different states are also making different decisions. The University of Massachusetts campuses at Amherst, Boston and Lowell, along with nine other Massachusetts public universities, are all requiring vaccines for students this fall. The Colorado State Universi...

Sheriff: Man killed mother, stepfather before shooting 2 deputies at Boone home WSOCTV.com News Staff Two deputies were killed and three other people, including the gunman, were found dead after a 13-hour standoff in Boone on Wednesday, the Watauga County sheriff said. Authorities said the two deputies died in the shooting that prompted a daylong standoff Wednesday that dragged into the night with law enforcement officers surrounding a home. The sheriff identified the gunman as ...

A deputy died and another was wounded in a shooting that prompted a daylong standoff in Boone on Wednesday.

Sheriff: 2 deputies killed during welfare check at Boone home were ambushed WSOCTV.com News Staff Two deputies were killed and three other people, including the suspected gunman, were found dead after a 13-hour standoff in Boone, the Watauga County sheriff said on Thursday. Authorities said the two deputies died in the shooting that prompted a daylong standoff Wednesday that dragged into the night with law enforcement officers surrounding a home. The suspect’s name has not bee...

Five people, including two deputies, were killed following a 13-hour standoff in Watauga County.

Sheriff: 2 deputies killed during welfare check at Boone home were ambushed; suspect identified WSOCTV.com News Staff Two deputies were killed and three other people, including the gunman, were found dead after a 13-hour standoff in Boone, the Watauga County sheriff said on Thursday. Authorities said the two deputies died in the shooting that prompted a daylong standoff Wednesday that dragged into the night with law enforcement officers surrounding a home. The sheriff identified...