McDuffie County school administrators, staff, and teachers wrapped up the school year last week.
(Editor’s note: the following is a copy of the communication provided to candidates, that have challengers either in the June primary or the November general election, seeking elected positions in McDuffie County. We have also provided questions to the State Senate Dist. 23 candidates. We ha…
Last week, Toombs Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge Thomas B. Hammond sentenced Tyquerion Steed, 19, to 20 years on a myriad of charges which included violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act. Jury trials have yet to resume so the case was presented as a bench trial befo…
As coronavirus pandemic restrictions ease across the state, local churches are taking careful steps to reopen to their members. Those who have begun to hold in-person worship services are implementing social distancing and other precautionary measures. Most are taking a hybrid approach by of…
A 59-year-old Thomson woman who falsely told police she was COVID-19 positive to keep from going to jail about four weeks ago was arrested Friday afternoon.
Anastasia Daniels, 19, of Thomson, was first diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease, last September. Just months into living with Lupus, she recently organized an awareness walk.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Monday, Memorial Day, that two employees at the McDuffie County Elections and Voter Registration Office had tested positive for COVID-19.
A woman was arrested early Saturday morning after police alleged she used a crack pipe to cut another woman during a dispute.
LMN Pharmacy is considered Thomson’s one remaining independently owned pharmacy. McDuffie County native and pharmacist Linton Neal bought the business more than 20 years ago from its previous owner with whom he had worked.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children needs the public’s help finding two brothers, Cameron and Anthony Williams. Cameron, 15, and Anthony, 16, were last seen Feb. 26, 2020 in Macon, Georgia.
A drunk driver fleeing from a state trooper Thursday night wrecked on Holt Street then fled on foot. He was soon apprehended.
Wednesday afternoon around 6:20 p.m., a 31-year-old woman was wounded when a man tried to shoot a dog on Hillman-Gay Road in Dearing.
During Tuesday night’s McDuffie County Board of Commissioners meeting, County Manager David Crawley informed the commission that an administrative staffer at the Elections and Voter Registration Office had tested positive for COVID-19.
A Thomson man remains jailed on numerous charges, including armed robbery and drug possession, after fleeing from police and later being taken into custody elsewhere.
Last Wednesday morning, a work crew from Industry Specialists Inc. began dismantling the fish house at Raysville Marina.
Last Friday, GBI special agents arrested the parents in connection with a Warren County shooting of a 5-year-old by his 3-year-old brother in March.
The McDuffie Progress has brought you coverage of Thomson, Dearing, McDuffie County and the surrounding areas since 1898 and will continue to do so.
Two years ago this week, on May 14, the body of Daekwon Hines was found in a wooded area off Dell Drive.
The McDuffie County Board of Commissioners approved acceptance of a more than $1.2 million bid for resurfacing of roads.
Thomson Police are looking for a car suspected to have been used in an early-morning drive-by shooting at an Old Washington Road home Monday.
The Georgia Department of Public Health is opening additional COVID-19 screening locations. One will be in Glascock County and the other in Taliaferro County.
Thursday afternoon, from 4 to 6 p.m., seniors and parents were able to pick up caps and gowns at Thomson High School.
As our community and local businesses face difficult times and a challenging situation, the McDuffie Progress has created an Advertising Matching Partnership that will offer $50,000 worth of matching marketing dollars to local businesses in our surrounding area.
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced last week that Amazon is building a new fulfillment center in nearby Appling, according to a news release posted on gov.georgia.gov.
A rezoning request that had been put off for two months was finally approved Monday by the Dearing Town Council. The council held a public hearing inside the Dearing Community Center to discuss rezoning property at 124 Neal’s Mill Road from residential to commercial to allow the proposed con…
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