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Joshua Schuyler Wainwright, 24, of Thomaston was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault following a downtown shooting Friday night, according to Thomaston Police Chief Mike… Read MoreLocal Man Charged After Downtown Shooting City Manager Russell Thompson told council members Tuesday that crews soon
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President Trump, Bring the Textile & Garment Industry Back to Georgia
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…...
BOC Submits Revised IGA for GJC Budget
1+ week, 3+ day ago (285+ words) Upson County Board of Commissioners: Front row, from left, are Upson County Clerk Jessica Jones, Commissioner Paul Jones, Chairman Dan Brue, Commissioner Ben Watson, and County Attorney Heath English. Back row, from left, are County Manager Lonnie Joyce and Commissioners…...
Montoya Joins Yatesville Council
1+ week, 3+ day ago (326+ words) On Monday, Aug. 3 Michael H. Rogers was sworn into office by… Only one resident spoke during two public hearings hosted Au… Yatesville City Councilwoman Connie Montoya is sworn in by Upson Probate Judge Muffin Gibson. Connie Montoya was officially sworn in…...
Between Two Worlds: The Immigrant Parent and the American Child
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…...
City Council Approves 6-Month Moratorium on Marijuana Dispensaries
2+ week, 3+ day ago (337+ words) Thomaston City Council. Front row, from left, are City Clerk Taylor White, Mayor Pro Tem Troy Chaney, Mayor J.D. Stallings, and Councilwoman Lakeitha Reeves. Back row, from left, are Councilman Jeff Middlebrooks, City Attorney Johnny Caldwell, and Councilmen Don Greathouse and…...
Beware the Industrial Victim Complex
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…...
‘26 Property Tax & What We Can Expect This Year
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…...
Upson’s Searcy Installed as Georgia Kiwanis Governor
3+ week, 3+ day ago (142+ words) upsonbeacon.com From left are Janice and Ed Searcy II, Mike Jones, and Jessica Hudson. Thomaston resident Ed Searcy II was installed last weekend as governor of Georgia District of Kiwanis Club. âWe are incredibly proud of Ed and…...
Brue: ‘This is Where We Want to Be’
3+ week, 3+ day ago (660+ words) Upson County Board of Commissioners: Front row, from left, are Upson County Clerk Jessica Jones, Commissioner Paul Jones, Chairman Dan Brue, Commissioner Ben Watson, and County Attorney Heath English. Back row, from left, are County Manager Lonnie Joyce and Commissioners…...
‘Elliott Crossing’ to Make Thomaston ‘Model for Rural Revitalization’
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…...