Anson County News

Bicycling enthusiasts started out the Discover Anson Bike Ride at Ansonville Elementary bright and early on Saturday morning, Nov.

Michael McLeod, executive director for individual and organizational accountability for the Anson County school system and also pastor of Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, is leading an effort to unite the county's schools and pastors with the goal of helping all students succeed.

Geneva Nance PEACHLAND a ' Geneva Stegall Nance, 93, died Wednesday at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe.

Former Wadesboro Police Chief Bobby Usrey was elected to the town council on Election Day Tuesday.

Wes Morton's car and the train that struck it came to a stop across the Anson County line about a mile past the point of impact.

Investigators say 61-year-old William Wessley Morton died after a train struck the passenger side of his car.

A man died after a train crashed into a car early Sunday morning near the Union County and Anson County lines, police said.

Wadesboro Town Manager John Witherspoon reads the story of an Anson County domestic violence victim, represented by cardboard silhouettes at a candlelight vigil held Thursday night, Oct.

Like many people diagnosed with cancer, Debbie Wright of Wadesboro immediately thought the worst when she was diagnosed with invasive ductal breast cancer in January 2002.

A man was arrested after he crashed a car into a home during a chase early Tuesday morning, Monroe police say.

Anson County Schools Superintendent Dr. Greg Firn, right, recently met with Congressman Larry Kissell in Washington, D.C., to discuss the importance of education.

A steady stream of festival-goers walked the streets of uptown Wadesboro during the 2009 People Fest, which ran from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Catawba County Schools, which logged an 84 percent graduation rate last year, was honored today as one of North Carolina's top 10 districts for freshmen earning diplomas four years later.

Four men and a juvenile are in custody after allegedly stealing three televisions.

Anson County 4-H member-at-large Alexia McKinney, 13, and her 5-year-old sister, M'Leaha Milton, both of Wadesboro, prepare to release balloons during 4-H's 100th birthday celebration on Wednesday, Oct.

Wadesboro Councilwoman Lynn Horton, on stage, left, and guest speaker Glenda Horton Manning, right, led the audience in singing "Happy Birthday" to Anson Women's Center director Lois Crumpler, on stage, right, during the opening ceremony for the center on Oct.

Teacher assistants will be reinstated to full-time status Oct. 19. The development was reported to the Anson County Board of Education Sept.

Neighboring counties and correctional institutions are feeling the shift as one facility shuts down and the other absorbs a little bit more.

Premiere Fibers in Ansonville has announced it will add 20 jobs over the next three years.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced Tuesday that UFS Holdings-Premiere Fibers, Inc., a national manufacturer of yarn products made from synthetic fiber, will expand in Anson County.A The company plans to invest $2.5 million and create 20 jobs during the next three years at its Premiere Fibers plant in Ansonville.A The announcement was made possible in part ...