Dearing News

The scarecrows are down and the Christmas lights are up in downtown Thomson, just in time for the seventh annual Festival Off Main.

A well-known pastor and his family lost much of what they own when fire gutted their brick home beside Fort Creek Baptist Church in McDuffie County on Sunday night.

A community is using faith to help their pastor rebuild after a fire destroyed his home.

Bobby Aldred served on the Dearing Town Council in the past, and he'd like to do so again.

Five candidates qualified for four seats on the Dearing Town Council, according to McDuffie County Board of Elections Director Phyllis Wheeler.

When Judson Story ran for office in 2005, he said he loved the small-town life of Dearing, and wanted to keep it that way.

Ray Silverstein did not grow up in McDuffie County, neither did he marry someone who did.

They were going for "different" and ended up rising above more than 70 others. The Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce announced Monday the winners of the "Fall"crow contest, with the Y130 winning first place, followed by Georgia Power Co.

Authorities recently arrested two men on drug charges near Dearing. The suspects were identified as Decarlos Rodriques Walker, of the 3800 block of Augusta Highway, and Terry Maurice Hudson, of the 2000 block of Hobbs Mill Road, both of Dearing, according to an incident report filed by Deputy Alan Baldwin of the McDuffie County Sheriff's ...

It's not your usual tourist attraction. But approximately 85 out-of-towners converged at the Hillcrest Farms in Dearing last week for a tour of a new free-stall barn with its own manure management system.

Harriett Bray holds book, "Embrace Your Cancer," which she said is to encourage anyone facing terminal disease.

Several people have been arrested on various drug charges, including a Thomson man in a case in which authorities seized more than 10 pounds of marijuana.

Many local students woke up earlier than usual last Wednesday to gather in front of their schools for prayer.

That's what Daisy Ansley thought last September as she had her annual mammogram.

The shotgun slaying trial of a 46-year-old Dearing man accused of killing his estranged wife in March 2008, is slated to begin Sept.

Three men were taken into custody on various charges connected to a drug bust made at a home on Clary Street in Thomson on Friday night.

Now that the murder trial of Dannie Lee Samuels is over and his fate known, family members of Barbara Hefner are hopeful they can begin to heal.

From the Annals of 1909 Misses Mittie and Hettie Carson, of Commerce, arrived in the city and were guests of their brother, Dr.

One festival has received advertising funds from the Thomson-McDuffie Convention and Visitors Bureau this year, but three others were turned down.

The more than 600 employees of the McDuffie County School System gathered in the Thomson High School auditorium Aug.