Mckenzie Hellman News Today

App State has received a $481,378 grant from the National Council on Aging to improve vaccination rates among older adults in 10 Western North Carolina counties.

App State receives more than a half-million dollars in federal funding to support falls prevention programs for older adults in North Carolina’s High Country.

We now know when the man already convicted of sexually abusing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son will be tried in connection with his 2019 death.

Christiansburg mother in court, charged with making child porn, sexually assaulting her son DISCLAIMER: Some of the following details are graphic and may be hard for some to read Published:  Tags:  Kayla Thomas and her defense attorney Andrew Harman appeared in Montgomery County Circuit Court Wednesday. CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A Montgomery County woman is in court, charged with committing sexual crimes against her then 2-year-old son in 2019. Kayla Thomas, 27, faces the following charges: Com...

Christiansburg man found guilty of sexually abusing girlfriend’s toddler son DISCLAIMER: Some of the following details are graphic and may be hard for some to read Published:  Updated:  Tags:  CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. – A jury found McKenzie Hellman guilty of all five charges against him. Hellman was in Montgomery General District Court on Monday and pleaded not guilty to producing child porn, reproducing child porn, animate object sexual penetration, producing child porn and forcible sodomy....

BOONE — The Watauga Compassionate Community Initiative held its weekly Wednesday Conversations webinar Dec. 9, with a focus on defining what traumas most affect Watauga County and how local businesses and the community around them can become trauma-informed. Emily Harwood, Lindsey Sullivan and McKenzie Hellman lead the conversation, as the three work for AppHealthCare and their Resilience Catalysts project. Harwood is also a member of the WCCI’s leadership team. AppHealthCare was firs...