Wadesboro News

Spittle finishes infantry training COLUMBUS, Ga. a ' Army Pfc. Kevin D. Spittle has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning.

Mariner, an industry-leading business intelligence and performance management solutions provider, was chosen by Anson County School District to help establish a roadmap for the District's online Strategic Commitments Dashboard and Scorecards.

Earl Huntley of Lilesville was one of a handful of donors who turned out for the American Red Cross blood drive at First Presbyterian Church in Wadesboro on Wednesday, Nov.

Dr. Don Altieri, former South Piedmont Community College president and current executive director of New Ventures Business Ventures, Inc., accepted the Henry W. Little III Community Leadership Award at the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner on Tuesday night.

Mariner, an industry-leading business intelligence and performance management solutions provider, was chosen by Anson County School District to help establish a roadmap for the District's online Strategic Commitments Dashboard and Scorecards.

Army Sgt. Cynthia Ratliff passed out flags to audience members before the start of Anson County's Veterans Day service on Nov.

Preview the program at www.richmondcc.edu/coleindex.html. One child 12 or under will be admitted free with each paying adult.

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

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.

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.

Five men were arrested Oct. 16 after sheriff's deputies seized a meth lab on Lower White Store Road, south of Peachland.

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.

We are Liquid Sun a local hip hop group out of Greensboro that is attempting to spread their music as far a possible.

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.

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.

Elizabeth Butler WAXHAW - Elizabeth McGill Butler, 75, died Thursday at home. Funeral will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Wesley Chapel, with burial in the church cemetery.

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

Anson County livestock producer Allen Molaro was named the 2009 Outstanding Farmer at the Farm-City Week Dinner on Tuesday night, Sept.

Jeffery Jerome Hamilton, 27, of Monroe was arrested Sept. 17 in connection with the May 15 robbery of First Bank in Polkton.