Thomson News

Hazel Merritt grinned. Fellow shoppers stared quizzically at her cart, piled high with pork loins and cans of green beans.

Less than five minutes after a man walked into First Citizens Bank on Main Street and demanded money using a note Monday afternoon, authorities had him in custody.

A man and his girlfriend are now homeless after fire swept through their single-wide mobile home, just outside of Thomson on Wednesday night.

According to our new partner, WTHO radio, in Thomson, a hold-up at an area bank sent a Savannah, GA man to jail Monday.

Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009 6:36 p.m. Members of U.S. Rep. Paul Broun's staff will hold a "Congress on the Square" in Thomson on Friday.

A Thomson High School student is home recovering after being taken by helicopter to Medical College of Georgia Hospital in Augusta following a serious accident Friday afternoon.

As a pharmacist, Kathy Neal should have known if laughter really is the best medicine.

Antonia "Toni" Renee Lowe was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon after being convicted of murder by a jury in McDuffie County Superior Court.

A company that produces and sells medical equipment is getting ready to open up in Thomson.

Marijuana and cocaine are popular among those who use drugs in McDuffie and surrounding counties.

A. I have been teaching 15 years in McDuffie County. During my tenure, I have always taught eighth grade in the following areas: Georgia history, language arts, and reading.

Q. How many years have you been teaching and what subjects and grades are you currently teaching? A. This is my fourth year .

Q. How many years have you been teaching and what subjects and grades are you currently teaching? A. I am a sixth-year veteran teacher with experience in both sixth- and seventh-grade mathematics.

Q. How many years have you been teaching, and what subjects and grades are you currently teaching? A. I am in my eighth year as a teacher, currently teaching 10th-grade chemistry, and 11th-grade college preparatory physical science.

Authorities have identified a woman whose body was found lying off White Oak Road on the outskirts of Thomson this morning.

Thomson City Council convened for its monthly meeting at city hall last Thursday night and adopted a second reading of an ordinance.

A man reported missing from his home in Warrenton Saturday morning turned up in Lumpkin County later that night, authorities say.

A Hephzibah woman is expected to stand trial soon on murder charges in McDuffie County Superior Court stemming from the 2006 vehicular homicide of a woman who was raised in Thomson.

Two persons have been charged for their reported involvement with the August robbery of a liquor store near Thomson.

A man accused of buying cars and furniture with bad checks is now in jail. The Thomson car salesman who helped deputies arrest him talked only to NBC Augusta 26 News.