3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (184+ words) When President Trump ran for President both times, in debates he said he was “America first” and that American workers came first when it came to the American economy. My question, Mr. President: What is America first about allowing all…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (192+ words) The Gordy Files upsonbeacon.com Thomaston-Upson Recreation Department has lots of great things going on.. Round Robin Pickleball Tournament.. Grab your partner and get ready to hit the court on Sept at Greatest Generation Park in Thomaston.. Ages 16 and up.....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (810+ words) B. Waine Kong, Ph.D., JD There is a collision that happens in nearly every immigrant household in America — quiet but profound, playing out over dinner tables, in living rooms, and across the vast distance of shared memory. It is not the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (365+ words) We spend a great deal of time chasing happiness. We follow t… Friday evening at Matthews Field felt like football season i… This salient warning that has proven to be true in numerous ways over the past 60-plus years and…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (295+ words) By Sept. 8, our governing authorities (county, city, and school) will have adopted their 2026 property tax millage rates. We’ve recently seen each one advertising their proposed “maintenance and operations” rates. However, property is taxed on other millage rates such as “joint…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (630+ words) B. Waine Kong, Ph.D., JD We spend a great deal of time chasing happiness. We follow the Benjamin Franklin prescription — be healthy, wealthy, and wise — and we wonder why, even when we have it all, something still feels missing. Last Sunday,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (265+ words) Dr. Basil Waine Kong, Ph.D., J.D., addresses Thomaston Lions Club.v Thomaston Lions Club welcomed Dr. Basil Waine Kong, Ph.D., J.D., as its guest speaker on Monday, Aug. 10. A retired healthcare executive, educator, and author, Kong shared his knowledge of heart health…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (590+ words) 63 years ago, Aug. 28, 1963 - A civil rights rally in Washington, D.C. with more than 250,000 people was held, and that is where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his now famous “I Have a Dream” speech… The 28th anniversary, Aug. 31, 1997 - Britain's Princess…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (697+ words) The United States has filed civil action to forfeit and cond… Arrests and charges reported by Upson County Sheriff’s Offic… The future site of Elliott Crossing. In anticipation of an incoming 90-home neighborhood adjacent to downtown Thomaston, Economic Development Director…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (511+ words) There is a subliminal irony here, though it is beyond my mental capacity to explain it, but I will give it a try. The best I can do is talk about the fellow who has fallen into a deep hole....