Thomson News

Officials in Thomson and McDuffie County have launched a partnership with neighboring Warren County officials that is expected to become a fruitful relationship.

A man and woman were injured in a three-car, near head-on crash on Main Street in Thomson the day before Christmas Eve, Dec.

Hannah Wilson has her future planned for the next several years. And she's only a junior in high school.

The Thomson Garden Study Club met Dec.r 9 for their annual Christmas party at Four Chimneys, the home of Maggie and Ralph Zieger.

An east Georgia man trying to get revenge on his estranged girlfriend by firebombing her home is being held without bond after he threw the device into the wrong house.

Those who choose to drink and drive this holiday season in McDuffie, Warren and surrounding counties of the Central Savannah River Area should know they are looking at jail time for breaking such a law.

A Thomson man has been indicted by a McDuffie County grand jury on a multitude of traffic offenses and aggravated assault against his girlfriend.

A Thomson man suspected of robbing a restaurant this month remains jailed. Justin Devon Samuels, of the 2800 block of Wrens Highway, was taken into custody shortly after the armed robbery of Zaxby's, 1929 Washington Road, according to a report filed by Deputy Marc Thompson of the McDuffie County Sheriff's Office.

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

Sherry Sallywhite is counting her blessings. She and her 1-year-old son, Eric, had to flee from their home in the 400 block of Fourth Street in Thomson about 11 a.m. Monday after fire broke out in the kitchen and spread quickly to the remainder of the rented dwelling.

Authorities say Robert Holt, 25, wanted to get back at his old girlfriend by throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window of her home.

An east Georgia man trying to get revenge on his estranged girlfriend by firebombing her home is being held without bond after he threw the device into the wrong house.

Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said a suspect has been arrested in an arson fire that damaged a home in McDuffie County, on Sunday evening.

Seven men have been charged with pandering in Columbia County. Columbia County Sheriff's Office investigators tell WJBF News Channel 6, after receiving complaints about a motel, they set up an ad on Craigslist.com , advertising sex for money last week.

Georgia's Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner says a man is behind bars for arson in McDuffie County.

Mr. and Mrs. Tim Brown of Thomson announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittney Elizabeth Brown, to Christopher Brian Dyson, of Washington, son of Betty Dyson and Bill Dyson, also of Washington.

Several men have been arrested at a Columbia County motel and charged with pandering in the past few days.

A local man wanted for questioning in an assault case that left a woman injured at her apartment in Thomson last week has turned himself in to authorities.

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.

Friday was a day for smiling. Members of the Thomson-McDuffie Junior High School student council visited residents at Thomson Manor Health Care Center and took them Christmas presents.