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North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that Latissue Relisa Watlington, 43, of 101 Steve Smith Road, Yanceyville, was charged with insurance fraud, a felony. Special agents with the Department of Insurance’s Criminal Investigations Division accuse Watlington of submitting a false medical document to State Farm Mutual Insurance Co....

A Caswell County father-in-law and son-in-law were placed in the Alamance County Jail after they were charged in connection to theft of HVAC parts, scrap metal, and an air compressor, according to the Alamance County Sheriff's Office.

By Hosanna Pennell, Caswell County Year of the Trail Coordinator/ Manager, Piedmont Triad Visitor Center. 2023 is officially the Year of the Trail in North Carolina, with all 100 counties encouraged to celebrate the more than 1500 miles of publicly accessible trails, blueways, greenways, footpaths, and the communities they are in. The initiative, drafted into state law during the 2021 session of the NC General Assembly via HB 554, states in part, “Whereas, trails bring people together, as they not only connect physical locations but also represent the bonds that create communities.”

Fourth in a series on the ARTS initiative project underway in Caswell County Schools. Recently, you may have seen a representative from the Art for All project at the Caswell County Parks & Recreation games collecting surveys for the initiative underway by the Caswell County Public School System. In addition to the games, the team has been visiting area schools and sharing with parents, teachers and students, an overview of the program, so that news on this opportunity for the students can be spread across the county.

A special ceremony to “Honor All Vietnam Veterans,” the Veterans that made it home, and especially the ones that gave their all, will be held Wednesday, March 29, 6 p.m., at the Yanceyville Pavillon next to town square. Everyone is invited to attend and give your thanks and have a prayer for the families of the ones who did not come home.

Three members of the same Caswell County family have been arrested for a string of thefts that have recently occurred in the unincorporated community of Union Ridge in the northern part of Alamance County. Larry M. Mann, his wife Tara Poling, and his father-in-law John Baptist Moreno were all taken...

Caswell Messenger, The (NC) , was charged with insurance fraud, a felony. Criminal Investigations Division accuse Watlington of submitting a false medical document to. State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. claiming. $8,956. in medical bills after an automobile accident. According to the arrest warrant, the insurance company paid that amount to...

Caswell County Schools Third and Fourth graders get excited as March approaches. At each elementary school you can find them practicing multiplication fact fluency. One third grade class winner and a fourth grade class winner at each school, competes at the district level in the system wide Math Multiplication Madness event. This year, the Caswell County District Math Multiplication Madness was held on March 1. Representing Stoney Creek Elementary was Mrs. Parson and Mrs. Jones’ 3rd grade class and Mrs. Totten’s 4th grade class. Representing South Elementary was Mrs. Epperly’s 3rd grade class and Mrs. Moretz 4th grade class. Representing North Elementary was Mrs. Digg’s 3rd grade class and Mrs. Smith’s 4th grade class. Representing Oakwood Elementary was Mrs. Lawson’s 3rd grade class and Mr. Stewart’s 4th grade class.

Have you ever wanted to pick up an instrument? Learning the strings can be a real challenge, especially for beginners. Maybe you’ve even tried in the past, but just couldn’t get the hang of it. Regardless of your background in music, Kyle Foster is here for you. With experience working with students from age 7 to 70, Foster is passionate about teaching, music, and teaching music.

Resilience is the theme of the ongoing story that is Piedmont Community College’s (PCC)afterschool program BLAST!, Breakthrough Learning in Agriculture Science and Technology. This story was recently shared during North Carolina Campus Engagement’s annual Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement Conference (PACE) at High Point University. Two PCC leaders...

For months, eight Caswell County students have been diligently working hard, having fun, and making history as the first Odyssey of the Mind team from Caswell County. Odyssey of the Mind (OM) is a program that teaches creative problem-solving and celebrates outside the box, divergent thinking. The program emphasizes teamwork, budgeting, time management and public speaking. Long before there were STEAM classes and clubs, there was Odyssey of the Mind.

Third in a series on the ARTS initiative project underway in Caswell County Schools. The Caswell County Public School System continues the process, via surveys, to collect input from the Caswell community regarding the ARTS in the schools. This data will help the system to understand the level of interest, the need and then determine the best direction for the students, teachers, and community. Once all data is gathered, the school system will submit a grant application with the purpose of incorporating more arts programming into the curriculum. The data gathering continues daily as the project work is being conducted in the community.

The application period has opened for the NC Rural Center’s Homegrown training program for 13 North Carolina counties, including Warren. The training will be held April 18-20 in Pittsboro. Homegrown Leaders is a three-day, regional leadership and community economic development training that equips existing and emergency leaders with the...

The Caswell County Board of Commissioners heard an update on the reconstruction of the county’s financial system and a reiterated recommendation for a candidate to fill the Board’s District 4 seat at their public meeting on Monday, March 6 in Yanceyville’s Historic Courthouse. Among the items on...

Mark your calendars and save the date for the Caswell Chamber’s Fourth Annual Banquet and Business Recognition Awards on Tuesday, March 21, 6:00 p.m., at the Administration Building on 319 Main Street, Yanceyville. Come and enjoy some good food, live music, and make some connections with business owners from...

Second in a series on the arts initiative project underway for Caswell County Schools. As the Caswell County school system continues to gather data on the interest, needs and impact of arts for the students of the county, keeping the community updated on the progress is part of the process. The data gathering is underway as meetings are being held at area schools. The announcements for upcoming sessions will be listed in the Community Calendar section of the paper as they are scheduled.

On Sunday, March 5, Caswell Arts held its much anticipated opening reception for the I AMS Visionary Arts Show. The featured artists are Alex Sharp, Maurie Van Buren and Star Watlington. Sharp’s artwork is taxidermy with a steampunk angle; Van Buren’s display is of folk art paintings depicting farm/rural life,...

Caswell County, North Carolina Sheriff Department has issued a special weather statement from Blacksburg, Virginia at 6:29am EST on March 07, 2023. "Across the Foothills and Piedmont region of Virginia and North Carolina, relative humidities will reach a minimum of 20 to 30 percent during the afternoon hours. Sustained winds will be 10 to 20 mph with gusts of 20 to 30 mph. These winds, low relative humidity levels, and low fuel moistures will increase the risk of ignition and spread of wildfires this afternoon and evening. Across the North Carolina mountains, northwest winds will be 15 to 30 mph sustained with gusts around 35 mph. The strongest of these winds are expected in the morning hours, not coinciding with the afternoon minimum relative humidities of 30 to 50 percent. Residents in these areas are encouraged to postpone burning and to properly extinguish all smoking materials. Many destructive wildfires each year are started due to improperly discarded smoking materials" (Caswell County, North Carolina Sheriff Department).