Community
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Big Game Hunt Tournament returns!
ANSON COUNTY— This year the Anson County Chamber sponsored Big Game Hunting Tournament at Four Branches Sporting Preserve is in its 25th year and Chamber President Sandy Cox says it is not too late to get in on securing your spot in this year’s legacy hunt, which Cox says will…
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Lady Bearcats wrap up regular season Wednesday
MONROE — The Anson High School Lady Bearcat Volleyball Team bounced back from a 3-1 loss to Parkwood with a pair of sweeps last week at the expense of Monroe and Central Academy.
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Concerns mount for missing Wadesboro man
WADESBORO — Following a welfare check on September 8, a missing Wadesboro man is suspected of meeting with foul play after his driver’s side car window was found busted out following a September 6 altercation allegedly involving shots fired inside the Pineview Circle trailer park.
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NASCAR RETURNS IN 2025
NASCAR will return to Rockingham Speedway for the first time in more than a decade with Easter weekend of 2025.
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Teens go to tennis camp
Destiny Pickett and Brenre Taylor are two young ladies are making huge strides in their quest to become great tennis players. They both received United States Tennis Association scholarships to attend Wake Forest University’s tennis camp this summer. This was a residential camp where these future tennis stars had the…
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Anson students win essay contest
Courtesy photo East Rock Ford Baptist Church held its annual Ellen Meachem Baptist Training Union Scholarship Essay Contest on Sunday, July 9, 2017. Pictured left to right are: Judges Williesenia Ingram (Uwharrie Bank Customer Service Representative), Linda McCormick (Wadesboro Elementary Principal), and Margaret Ridenhour (Alcoa Aluminum Retiree); Reverend D. S.…
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Anson Singers performing free concert in Cheraw
CHERAW, S.C. — The Anson Singers will be travelling to Cheraw to present a free choral concert. The concert, An American Journey, will include American folk and patriotic songs. The concert will be 3 p.m. Sunday, July 30 at First Presbyterian Church, located at 300 Market Street. The Anson Singers…
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Wadesboro toddler crowned MAR-USA Toddler N.C. Duchess
A toddler earned her tiara following a competition earlier this year. Alana S. Mitchell, 2, of Wadesboro represented Wadesboro and Anson County in the Miss American Royalty USA (MAR- USA) state competition June 9-11 in Pawley’s Island, South Carolina. She was crowned MAR-USA Toddler N.C. Duchess, according to her mother,…
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Polkton resident grows 2 lb., 1 oz. beet
A Polkton resident has harvested two of the largest beets he’s ever grown. Thomas Cureton weighed the beets and they came in at two pounds, one ounce and one pound, eight ounces. “My wife (Lynda) canned three pints of pickled beets from those two beets, plus had plenty left over…
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Anson County Vacation Bible School class vistsi Riverside Zoo in Columbia, S.C.
For the Record Divine Unity Church and Lindsey Chapel Fairview Church of God sponsored Vacation Bible School activities held at Divine Unity Church with church overseer the Rev. Sylvia McLendon from June 27 through June 29. The church said that this year’s Vacation Bible School was well-attended. The theme was…
