Lauren Monica

1 month ago | ansonrecord.com | Lauren Monica

My parents raised me to trust the police. They raised me this way despite my daddy’s extended family, who are from Rowan County, having more of a love-hate relationship with law enforcement. Even with my parents instilling an early foundation of trust for the uniform in me, faithful readers of my column know in the past I could not trust the police to protect me from my abusive, stalker ex.

1 month ago | ansonrecord.com | Lauren Monica

March 30ANSONVILLE — At 12:09 a.m., Deputy White responded to a residence on Ingram Street following a call into dispatch reporting a 34- year old woman missing. At the home, Deputy White spoke with the victim’s brother, who said no one had seen his sister since Thursday, March 27. He said he was particularly concerned as his missing sister’s kids were still with their grandmother. The brother explained he believed his sister was with two female friends in the Oak Hill apartment area.

1 month ago | ansonrecord.com | Lauren Monica

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 a currently unenforced leash law on its books. Seeking to push back on this decision, Wadesboro Councilman Garrett Snuggs, said Tuesday “I feel that animal control is a county-wide issue.

1 month ago | yourdailyjournal.com | Lauren Monica

While I can not speak for every soul that has ever dared to put ink to paper, I can say for me, at least, my emotions are tied to my ability to write. Most authors will tell you to never trust anything you write during the spring, and I would add that I should never try to write when feeling sad. The events on Wednesday resulting in the tragic loss of K-9 Blitz hit hard this week and what processing this shared grief looks like moving forward is really anyone’s guess at this point.

1 month ago | ansonrecord.com | Lauren Monica

Fair warning, this is a “too much information” column. No offence to any Bruce’s out there, but I have never had any particular affinity for that name, though my history with the moniker actually predates my existence. Before I was born, my very jealous, much older sister insisted if my parents were going to persist in giving her a sibling then it had better be a boy named Bruce. Why Bruce? Who knows? To her everlasting disappointment, I was sadly born a girl not named Bruce.