Anson County
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American dream realized in Peachland Flea Market
PEACHLAND — Ignoring the controversy swirling around them, the owners and representatives of the proposed Peachland Flea Market have quietly set about forging a livelihood in the long vacant, tranquil fields of the Burnsville area of Anson County.
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D. McLaurin provides update on teacher recruitment options
ANSON — Spearheading the search for new Anson County teachers, Dr. Josh McLaurin has faced the good, the bad, and the ugly on his hunt to recruit educators to the district.
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Superintendent McLean updates commissioners on new middle school constuction project
WADESBORO — Superintendent of Anson County Schools Howard McLean provided county commissioners with an update on the current progress of Anson’s anticipated new middle school construction. Joined by Randall Baker, from Pinnacle Architecture, the pair apprised the board on the new middle school’s construction and funding advancements.
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Anson County basketball coach charged with human trafficking a minor and indecent liberties with a child
WADESBORO- On Thursday March 14, thirty-year old Jamoszio Burch, an Anson County youth basketball coach, was arrested and charged with one count of human trafficking of a child and two indecent liberties with children, according to details released by the Anson County Sheriff’s Office.
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Commissioners collide on Trillium Board vote
WADESBORO – At the commissioner meeting on Feb. 20, commissioners were charged with voting on two new members to be inducted into the Trillium Regional Anson Advisory Board.
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School Board provides update on new middle school project progress
ANSON — Chairman George Truman recently provided an update on where the school district is in the process of constructing a much needed second middle school for the district.
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Writers’ Club announces contest winners
WADESBORO — The Anson County Writers’ Club (ACWC) announced the 2023 winners of its annual contests in prose and poetry at the H.B. Allen Library on February 25.
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Anson Sheriff controversy awaits judgment from NC Court of Appeals
WADESBORO — In December of 2022, chaos and confusion broke out with many different factions claiming either Wadesboro police officer Gerald Cannon or Anson County Sheriff’s Office chief deputy Scott Howell as the presumptive Anson County Sheriff.
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Lease renewed for Anson County Farmers Market
WADESBORO — The lease of the Anson County Farmers Market has been renewed.
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Outrage over Flea Market leads Commissioners’ to enact six month moratorium
WADESBORO — For the second time, citizens came before Anson commissioners to air their grievances regarding the news of a flea market coming to the area on Faulkner Rd. near Hopewell Methodist Church in the Burnsville community.
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Commissioners receive long awaited update on the 2022 audit
WADESBORO — Anson County’s long awaited budget results were shared by Mr. Alan Thompson of the Thompson, Price, Scott, Adams & Company P.A. accounting firm at the commissioner meeting held on February 6.
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Cheerleaders get the victory
The KEA-King Elite Cheerleaders Division 4 and Division 5.4 traveled to Greensboro N.C. on January 20th to bring another victory home to Anson County. D 5.4 placed 1st place in preliminaries. Both teams will be traveling to State competition on February 11th to represent Anson again in the State Category.…
