Dearing News

By Linda Green Qualifying for the July 31 election in McDuffie County is underway and 18 individuals have officially declared their intent to run for office in local races.

It's the area's fourth officer-involved shooting this year. This time it left a suspect dead and a community wondering what went wrong.

The U.S. Post Office has shuttered plans to close thousands of rural post offices by May 15 and has instead offered a plan to curtail their hours of operation.

Marty Boyd, of the engineering firm Carter and Slope, addresses the Water-Sewer Commission about bids collected to rehab the Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Augusta Road Water Plant.