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Upson County’s tax digest has been approved and property tax bills will be mailed out Sept. 18th with a due date of Nov. 20th, 2025. In...

THE  GA  STATE  PATROL  HAS  RELEASED  THE  ACCIDENT  REPORT  FROM  A  ONE  VEHICLE  ACCIDENT  ON  PEACHBELT  ROAD  TUESDAY.  THE  DRIVER...

PATROL   SHIFT    COMMANDER  THOMASTON  PD -- CAPTAIN  BRIAN HAMMOCK  REPORTS  A  PEDESTRIAN  STRUCK  BY  AN  SUV  AT  SOUTH  CHURCH ...

Griffin, Georgia, September 5, 2025 – Southern Crescent Technical College (SCTC) has once again seen a significant leap in enrollment...

ITS  OFFICIAL , UPSON  COUNTY  VOTERS  WILL  DECIDE  A  $5  MILLION  FLOATING  SALES  TAX  MEASURE    ON  THE  NOVEMBER  BALLOT- A   ...

The Griffin Judicial Circuit was recently recognized by the State of Georgia’s Standing Committee on Judicial Workload Assessment as...

[n the spirit of good faith and with taxpayer savings in mind, the City Council and Board of Commissioners met on September 3rd to...

UPSON  COUNTY  VOTERS  WILL  APPARENTLY  NOT  GET  AN  OPPORUNITY  TO  VOTE  FOR  A  FLOST  PROPERTY  TAX  RELIEF MEASURE  THIS ...

Effective Saturday, August 30, 2025, Frank Strickland will assume the role of Public Safety Director/Chief of Police for the City of...

CITY  OF  THOMASTON  MAYOR  J.D. STALLINGS  HAS  CONFIRMED  CITY  AND  COUNTY OFFICIALS  WILL  MEET  WEDNESDAY  AT  6PM   AT  THE ...

While we have not heard from any City of Thomaston elected officials, the Upson County Board of Commissioners has been asked if it is...

THE  CITY  OF  THOMASTON  MAYOR  J.D. STALLINGS    HAS  INVITED  THE  UPSON COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS  TO  A   JOINT  MEETING  WEDNESDAY  AT ...

FLOST PROPERTY TAX RELIEF SAVINGS AT 74/26 SPLIT. County 74%-City 26% 26% of FLOST would relieve ALL City M&O taxes if in place for 2025...

THE  UPSON  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS  UNANIMOUSLY  APPROVED  AN  INTERGOVERNMENTAL  AGREEMENT  AT  TUESDAY'S  MEETING   DRAFTED  BY  THE ...

On August 18, 2025, an Upson County jury convicted Robert Joseph Folks of Homicide by Vehicle in the First Degree (2 counts), Driving...

Upson County Griffin / Orchard Hill

I will host a fourth FLOST Town Hall on Monday, 25 Aug, at 6pm at the City-County Meeting Room, 106 E Lee Street.  I will cover House...

UPSON  COUNTY  SHERIFF  DAN  KILGORE  REPORTS  A  THOMASTON  MAN  DIED OF  ELECTROCUTION  WHILE  REPAIRING  AN  A/C  DUCT   FOR  THE ...

Sales Tax revenue is synonymous with property tax relief. To conflate the two is a misunderstanding of House Bill 581 and its intended...