Crime Stoppers Seek Information About An Absconder Published: 24 December 2020
High Country Crime Stoppers and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety – Watauga County Probation and Parole are requesting assistance in locating an absconder.
Lillian Morsette W/F DOB 05/08/2000. Morsette absconded supervision for the crime of Felony Possession of Schedule II Controlled Substance in Watauga County.
Anyone with information on this crime or any other crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 828-268-6959 or the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office at 828-264-3761.
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KING Writers are often told “write what you know,” a phrase typically attributed to Mark Twain though he didn’t always follow it himself.
For Paula May, she not only wrote about what she knows, she wrote about what she lived as a violent crimes investigator with a 32-year law enforcement career.
Most local residents will recognize her name as the former Chief of Police for the town of King, the post she retired from at the end of 2018.
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BOONE â A new looking Watauga County Board of Education met Monday, Dec. 14, for a short meeting discussing appointments, lighting and the state of the schools.
The meeting saw two new members join the board. Jason Cornett and Marshall Ashcraft replaced the outgoing Ron Henries and Brenda Reese, while Steve Combs was reelected to the board.
Rather than a traditional swearing-in ceremony for the new board members, all of whom were using a video call to join remotely, they joined the board through the legal means. There will be a swearing-in ceremony at the January meeting, according to Superintendent Scott Elliott.