Wadesboro News

" The State Highway Patrol honored Patrolman George Thompson, who was on the job one day in 1929 when he was killed after a car struck his motorcycle in Wadesboro, N.C. The accident marked the first highway patrolman to die in the line of duty.

Photo by Abby Cavenaugh Anna Baucom, chairwoman of the Anson County Board of Commissioners, speaks to the Wadesboro Civitan Club on Friday, June 26, about Golden LEAF funding and the countya s 2009-10 budget.

Twin Valley Country Club located in Wadesboro, NC offers club fitting, club repair and golf instructions.

A man suspected of doing three store robberies recently in Richmond and Anson counties has been videotaped, and his image is being used to seek his identification.

Six local men have been arrested and charged in connection with two violent home invasions in Wadesboro.

Wadesboro police will be participating in Operation Firecracker the week of July 4. slideshow Wadesboro Police Department announced its officers will be out in force during the Fourth of July holiday period, cracking down on impaired drivers during the "Booze It & Lose It: Operation Firecracker" campaign.

On the eve of the graduation of Anson High School's Class of 2009, Dr. Greg Firn, superintendent of the county school system, appeared at the regular weekly meeting of the Wadesboro Civitan Club to give its members an update on how things are going.

Anthony Markee Allen, 18, was arrested Sunday, June 14, and charged with first-degree murder.

Alyson Lowe and Jon Parker Douglas spy out the next danger in "Evil Dead: The Musical." ACTOR'S THEATRE OF CHARLOTTE PHOTO More Information 'Evil Dead: The Musical' PREVIEW The comic horror films about folks battling demons at a cabin in the woods have been turned into a songful spoof.

Maggi Chambers, 10, of Rockingham signed up for three 4-H Summer Fun classes at the Richmond County Cooperative Extension office Monday afternoon.

It's difficult for Sandy McDougall to recall a time in her life when she didn't have the desire to teach.

Forecasters have issued a flash flood watch for counties across central North Carolina and said to expect heavy rain through Friday across most of the state.

Last week, the Wadesboro and Lilesville communities were rocked by the untimely death of an 18-year-old Anson High School senior, just weeks before graduation.

Wadesboro's new budget will increase water rates by roughly 5 percent, effective July 1. The town council approved the FY 2009-2010 budget at Monday's meeting.

Specialist Gil Smith of China Grove deployed with his National Guard unit to Iraq in April.

Numbers released by the North Carolina Employment Security Commission Friday showed some Anson citizens were finding jobs.

Potential donors lined up to participate in a blood drive at First Presbyterian Church in Wadesboro on May 27.

Numerous Anson High School JROTC cadets were honored during a recent awards ceremony.

From The Anson Record Earlier this month, a litter sweep was held in Wadesboro - but so few volunteers turned out to help pick up trash that only one road in town was able to be covered.

An Anson County high school student died Tuesday morning in a single-vehicle crash east of Wadesboro.