WADESBORO — Holding a special town council meeting Monday inside a packed courtroom, the Wadesboro town council heard and addressed citizen concerns regarding its new town manager Wiley Ross Jr.’s ...

WADESBORO — Regarding the identification of the body located in the Wadesboro woods behind the North Carolina National Guard Armory, Anson County Sheriff Scott Howell has released the following ...

Scotland Correctional Institution, one of the largest prisons in North Carolina. Photo courtesy of NC Newsline/Google Earth A prison so packed that people on suicide watch are sleeping in 5-by-5-foot ...

During the 1970s a haunting painting featuring three white children was donated to the New Orleans Museum of Art. The donor of the painting knew a mystery hid just over the shoulders of the three ...

Story reprinted to correct identity in previously printed image of Town Manager Ross Jr.’s swearing in WADESBORO — On the evening of Tuesday, May 21st, the Wadesboro Town Council approved an ...

WADESBORO — Working together, the Wadesboro Police Department, in coordination with the Anson County Sheriff’s Office, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, and the Chesterfield County ...

ANSON COUNTY — Following a discussion held by the Anson County Board of Commissioners last month regarding the ongoing issue of animal control enforcement, it was decided to leave managing the stray ...

It’s been 30 years since director Steven Spielberg and a cast of stars descended upon Anson and Union counties to film the acclaimed movie adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color ...

The contentious Dec. 6 meeting of the Anson County Board of Commissioner’s meeting was standing room only to parse out who exactly would be the Anson sheriff. Scott Howell would be appointed by the ...

CHESTERFIELD — The Anson Bearcats girls varsity volleyball team extended their winning streak to six with a commanding 3-0 victory over Chesterfield on Wednesday night. The Bearcats hit the road and ...

CHARLOTTE – “A convicted sex offender was sentenced today to 37 years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM),” announced Lawrence J. Cameron, ...

Correction: This article incorrectly refers to Anson County’s Planning Director as “Zack Almond” when speaker is Nick Addison who is the planning director for Anson County. The Anson Record regrets ...