JEFFERSON — Ashe County Sheriff B. Phil Howell announces the arrest of 43-year-old Charles Mcree Franklin of Creston, for five counts of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The Ashe ...

The Ashe County Sheriff's Office said 34-year-old Joshua James Roland of Jefferson was at the center of a months-long investigation led by deputies and the North Carolina State Bureau of ...

A Johnson County Sheriff's Office deputy was shot and wounded Tuesday following a high-speed chase that began after an ...