The remains of a McDowell County woman who was murdered and had been missing for over a year have been recovered in East Tennessee. According to WLOS-TV, authorities interviewed Cecil Scott Byrd after he was convicted of murdering two McDowell women earlier this month. He told investigators of the location of remains of Sara "Denise" Riddle. Mitchell County deputies and SBI agents located a container consistent with Byrd's confession on Iron Mountain, according to WLOS.

A Valdese man is charged with felony being a registered sex offender on the premises of a school. On Sunday, the Burke County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division received an anonymous tip that a registered sex offender was on the property of Salem Elementary. Investigators responded to the school gym and located 31-year-old Davie Wade Shuping, who was taken into custody without incident. Bond was set at $15,000 secured with a court appearance scheduled for today.

Felony charges of solitication of child by computer to commit unlawful sex act and indecent liberties with a child are filed on a Hickory man. On Friday, the Burke County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division arrested 39-year-old Michael Shaun Worley after conducting an undercover online investigation. Worley exchanged online messages of sexual content with an individual whom he thought was a minor. Worley requested to meet the minor at Hildebran Community Park, and upon his arrival, was met by Detectives and taken into custody without incident. Bond was set at $100,000 secured with a court appearance set for today.

Foothills Conservancy of NC nd Camp Grier in Old Fort have collaborated to permanently preserve 203 acres in the Jarrett Creek watershed portion of the non-profit camp's property. Camp Grier's watershed lands are home to educational activities, trails, rustic camping and places to wade in Jarrett Creek. U.S.Forest Service lands, which adjoin two sides of the property, already protect nearly all of the creek's watershed lands upstream to the Blue Ridge Parkway.