Dearing News

Even before the Wrightsboro Foundation took over the Rock House in the mid-to-late 1960s, the facility was plagued by vandalism.

Sitting behind his desk during his last week in McDuffie County, Mark Petersen seemed to be repeating himself.

The Clarke County School District will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new H.T. Edwards campus at 10 a.m. June 27 in the cafeteria at the Edwards Complex, 440 Dearing Extension.

Local, state and federal law enforcement authorities executed three search warrants and arrested seven persons on drug charges during raids conducted on Tuesday in McDuffie County, The McDuffie Mirror has learned.

If you weren't able to score tickets to the stellar San Francisco Opera production of Porgy and Bess , then Summertime opera ain't necessarily going to feel very easy.

From the Annals of 1909 A special train was operated from Griffin to Macon, leaving here at 7 a.m. and returning at 10 p.m., and quite a large number of Griffin people took advantage of the opportunity to go down to Macon to attend the State Fair and to see President Taft.

Time : 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Phone : 706-595-9702 Ext 100 Organization : Dearing Mayfest Event Description The Dearing Mayfest will be held on Saturday, May 2, 2009, at the old Dearing Elementary School on Highway 278, Dearing, GA from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Admission and parking are free.

Erdene Resource Development Corp. says it is continuing to work on a feasibility plan for the Donkin coal project on Cape Breton Island.

New crape myrtles offer smaller, more versatile version of original. Crape myrtles have long graced Southern landscapes as trees.

The 20th anniversary class of Leadership McDuffie recently spent a busy weekend serving McDuffie County.

The global positioning systems pointed to Thomson last week-end and brought in people of all ages from Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina and Georgia.

A Thomson man was convicted of murder in McDuffie County Superior Court on Friday.

The annual Dearing Mayfest will be this Saturday on the grounds of the old Dearing Elementary School on Highway 278.

Etherine Gresham and the late Eddie Griffin of Dearing would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenies Griffin of Thomson, to Billy Ray Reid of Lincolnton, son of E.W. Reid and the late Jessie Kate Elam Reid of Lincolnton.

The late Drew Whitaker, who served as a McDuffie County Commissioner from 1996-2000, will be making an impression on local citizens for years to come.

ARS: New ornamental peppers heading to market Mar. 16, 2009 Ornamental plant enthusiasts now have more pepper varieties to add to their gardens.

Two recently-opened Harlem restaurants are dreams come true for their owners. Steven Williams sold his partnership in ACES Garbage Service and opened Williams Bakery & Sweets with this wife, Melissa, in early ...

The medics at National EMS are calling it a trial by fire, but they probably could use a colder clich to describe their chaotic first day.

Inquiry studying death of inmate Jailers found an inmate dead Thursday morning in the Columbia County Detention Center.

McDuffie County officials announced Friday the opening of a new kaolin production plant.