Dearing News

A 41-year-old businessman who lost control of his pickup truck and overturned late last Friday died early the next morning, authorities say.

A 41-year-old man died at an Augusta hospital early Saturday of injuries suffered in a wreck in McDuffie County late Friday.

Helen Kelley Whitaker was in awe as she stood watching family and friends gaze at a historical railroad monument honoring her late grandmother, Mary Ellen Arrington Kelley.

William "Bill" Eubank has given of himself so often to others. And because he has for so many years, he was honored with the Darrell Johnson Award by members of the Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce during their 38th Annual Membership Banquet at Belle Meade Country Club near Thomson on Tuesday night.

A man being pursued by a local deputy after a vehicle chase led lawmen to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab being operated inside a doublewide mobile home in the Pea Ridge community of McDuffie County late last Saturday.

For the second time since last Friday a water main has broken leaving dozens of residents and businesses without water in the Town of Dearing.

A water main has broken in Dearing leaving dozens of homes and businesses without water.

Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010 4:40 p.m. More than a dozen firefighters battled a fire that caused considerable damages to a house near Dearing this afternoon.

INDEPENDENCE - David Dearinger has been battling a terminal form of cancer for three years, and isn't about to give up the fight.

Two members of Thomson High School's Future Farmers of America recently placed in competitions.

A McDuffie County couple and their three small children are homeless after fire swept through their mobile home during the midst of a severe thunderstorm last Wednesday morning.

Strong storms Wednesday morning brought rain, winds and destruction setting off a chain reaction that started a fire at a McDuffie County home.

Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if ita s dry.

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.