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THOMASTON, Ga. — Upson-Lee High School is happy to announce the 2026–2027 Mr. and Miss Upson-Lee and Senior Favorites, along with important information surrounding this year’s Homecoming Week. Each of these represents an important tradition at Upson-Lee High School and provides an opportunity to recognize our students, celebrate our school, and bring together the entire Knight community. From honoring members of the senior class to a week filled with Homecoming activities, UL

CITY OF THOMASTON RETREAT / WORK SESSION OF MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY AIRPORT Beginning September 24, 2026 12:00 pm The Thomaston Mayor and City Council will hold a strategic planning retreat on Thursday and Friday, September 24-25, 2026, at the Thomaston-Upson County Airport located at 2347 Delray Road, Thomaston, GA 30286. The retreat is for strategic planning purposes only. No official or legally binding action will occur at this retreat. Tentative Retr

THOMASTON, Ga., Sept. 14, 2026 — The Peoples Bank of Georgia’s Thomaston location generously donated $50,000 to Upson Regional Medical Center (URMC) in a display of its commitment to investing in healthcare in the community it proudly serves. Made possible through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program, this donation will support URMC’s ongoing transformational projects to enrich patients’ access to comprehensive care. The Peoples Bank of Georgia City President Nathan Gaskin, Loa

As of Monday, Sept. 14th, Upson County’s tax digest has not yet been approved by the GA Dept. of Revenue. Several factors caused a delay in the submission of the digest; mainly the new property tax legislation that resulted in tax assessment notices being sent out later than usual and then allowing for the 45-day appeal process to be completed. Also, time had to be allowed for two local governing authorities to advertise, hold their required public meetings for tax increases,

Mary Alice Adams 719 Thurston Avenue Thomaston, GA 30286 September 11, 2026 Upson County Board of Commissioners c/o Lonnie Joyce, County Manager (ljoyce@upsoncountyga.org) Jessica Jones, County Clerk (jjones@upsoncountyga.org) 106 E Lee Street Suite 110 Thomaston, GA 30286 Mayor and Council of the City of Thomaston c/o Russell Thompson, City Manager (rthompson@cityofthomaston.com) Taylor White, City Clerk (twhite@cityofthomaston.com)106 East Lee Street Thomaston, GA 30286 Re:

News Release On Friday, September 11, 2026 deputies were made aware of a threatening social media post made against Upson Lee Middle School. An investigation was begun and confirmed the identity of person making the threat to be a 13 year old male student from Upson Lee Middle School. The student, who was absent from school today used a fictitious name to make the post. The post claimed that the student was " Finna blow up Mrs (----) classroom". The student was referred to ju

A brief moment of silence To remember The tragedy of 9/11 this morning at the government complex in Thomaston. Thomaston Mayor JD Stallings introduced dignitaries from the city and recognized first responders. 25 years ago - In 2001, at 8:46 a.m. and 9:03 a.m., two hijacked planes were crashed into the World Trade Center. Two other suicide flights crashed at the Pentagon and in the woods of Pennsylvania. A total of 2,792 people died in the World Trade Center attacks; 184 i

ATLANTA — An updated federal filing by the SEC in a simmering dispute with LSU over the use of players formerly under contract with NFL teams is asking a federal judge to affirm the conference's right to enforce its rules and warning of a meeting this week where LSU's conference membership could be terminated

A FATAL SHOOTING OF A WARM SPRINGS POLICE OFFICER ON DUTY--CHRIS FISHER TUESDAY NIGHT HAS LEAD TO THE REPORTED SHOOTING OF THE SUSPECT IN THE SHOOTING. THE GBI ISSUED A BLUE ALERT FOR 23 YEAR OLD JIMMIE STEVERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE AMBUSHED OFFICER FISHER AND FIRED THE FATAL SHOT TO THE HEAD. BREAKING NEWS--THE ALLEDGED SHOOTER REPORTEDLY GOT IN A CHASE WITH THE LAW IN GEORIGIA AND SHOT

Upson Regional Medical Center Board of Directors, Left-to-right: Rev. Greg Smith, Vice Chairman Jim Edwards, Scott Blackstock, Chairman William (Bill) Hightower, IV, CEO Dan Owens, Dr. Mark Andrews, Rep. Beth Camp and Dr. Ben Williams THOMASTON, Ga., Sept. 2, 2026 — Upson Regional Medical Center (URMC) celebrated a historic milestone on Sept. 2, 2026, with the grand opening of its new Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Blackstock Family Women's Center — two transformational projec

UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE REPORTS A SUSPECT-- DANIEL REESE REEVES AGE 39 OF DALLAS DRIVE IS BEING HELD IN COUNTY LOCK-UP WITHOUT BOND FOR AGGREVATED CHILD MOLESTATION OVER SEVERAL YEARS. REEVES WAS PICKED-UP THIS WEEK ON CHARGES ALLEGEDLIY INVOLVING A MINOR FEMALE VICTIM--THE SHERIFF TOLD US.

A 48-year-old pedestrian died Thursday after being hit by a Lamar County Sheriff's Office patrol car, according to Lamar County Coroner Clay Tillery. Tillery said that Michael Brown, 48, of Barnesville. was pushing a bike across Veterans Parkway when he walked in front of the patrol car, and the car hit him. Georgia State Patrol later said that just before 7 a.m., the pedestrian was pushing the bike not within a crosswalk when a marked sheriff's patrol vehicle hit him. They

VICE-CHAIR CHRIS BIGGS WILL APPARENTLY WILL PRESIDE UNTIL MARCH 2027 WHEN A SPECIAL ELECTION CAN BE HELD FOR COMMISSION CHAIRMAN. COUNTY ATTORNEY HEATH ENGLISH ADVISED ITS TOO LATE TO GET THE POSITION ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT. CHAIRMAN BRUE HAS REPORTEDLY TURNED-IN ALL HIS COUNTY PROPERTY AND REPORTED FOR DUTY AT HOME DEPOT. JAMES ELLINGTON, 2ND DISTRICT COMMISSIONER TOLD 101 NEWS AFTER WEDNESDAY'S PUBLIC

IT HAD BEEN RUMORED FOR SOME TIME--BUT UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN DAN BRUE ANNOUNCED AT TUESDAY'S MEETING HE HAS SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP INDICATING HE WILL RESIGN AT THE END OF THE MONTH. WITHOUT MENTIONING HOME DEPOT BY NAME THE CHAIRMAN INDICATED HE HAS A GREAT OPPORUNITY IN FRONT OF HIM, ONE HE PASSED OVER ONCE BEFORE, AND WITH FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS HE SHOULD ACCEPT IT AT THIS TIME

This afternoon at around 2:30pm there was a minor airplane accident at the Thomaston-Upson Airport on Delray Road in Northern Upson County. Thankfully, there were no injuries to either of the two persons on board the aircraft. Preliminary information is that an airplane flying out of Cherokee County Ga stopped in Upson County to refuel before continuing to Sebastian Florida. The pilot reported that he retracted the landing gear on takeoff and then realized he was not going t

2026 Property Tax – What We Can Expect This Year Andy Chastain Tax Comissioner By Sept. 8th, our governing authorities (County, City, & School) will have adopted their 2026 property tax millage rates. We’ve recently seen each one advertising their proposed M&O (Maintenance & Operations) millage rate, however property is taxed on other millage rates such as Joint Projects and Unincorporated Services as well, which gives us a “total” millage rate applied to property e

PASTOR ED SEARCY OF THE THOMASTON KIWANIS WAS INDUCTED AS GOVERNOR-ELECT OF THE GA. DISTRICT AT THE ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION IN PEACHTREE CITY SATURDAY. ED WILL OFFICIALY TAKE OFFICE OCT. IST AND SERVE IN THE STATE'S HIGHEST KIWANIS OFFICE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.