Wiley Ross Jr.

  • Town Council approves budget, minus funding for new grant writer

    Town Council approves budget, minus funding for new grant writer

    WADESBORO — During a specially scheduled town council meeting to approve the budget, the possibility of hiring a full-time grant writer again became a topic of contention amongst council members, with some feeling the recent grant writing training received by Wadesboro Town Manger Wiley Ross Jr. and its Finance Officer…


  • Fix it and they will come

    Fix it and they will come

    WADESBORO — During Monday’s Wadesboro Town Council meeting many residents addressed a variety of concerns; crime, failing businesses and the recent increase in taxes.


  • Another mass exodus of officers, why?

    Another mass exodus of officers, why?

    WADESBORO — It has recently come to light a mass exodus of officers from the Wadesboro Police Department is once again underway.


  • Secretly recorded audio offers former WPD Interim Chief Eschert some vindication

    Secretly recorded audio offers former WPD Interim Chief Eschert some vindication

    *Story updated to reflect three corrections; 1) a typo of FBI instead of the intended SBI, 2) Lynn Clodfelter is district attorney over Stanly and Montgomery Counties, 3) a typo, Blitz was approved for apprehension


  • Need animal control? Who you going to call?

    Need animal control? Who you going to call?

    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 animal population under the control of Wadesboro law enforcement as it was believed at the time Wadesboro had…


  • County Commissioners throw support behind Wadesboro’s embattled town manager

    County Commissioners throw support behind Wadesboro’s embattled town manager

    ANSON — After a story from an Anson County Board of Commissioners meeting appeared in the October 16 publication of the Anson Record, Chairman Jamie Caudle released a prepared statement clarifying comments he made at the meeting where he appeared to express support for Wadesboro’s town manager, Wiley Ross Jr.


  • Town council meeting draws community ire

    Town council meeting draws community ire

    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 recent prime time TV appearances, the town’s shrinking police force and funds missing from the budget.


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