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UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SAYS DEPUTY ANTHONY THOMPSON, AGE 34 IS RECOVERING AT HOME AFTER BEING A WRECK VICTIM, SATURDAY 1AM AFTER A 3-VECHILE CRASH ON 19 NORTH IN FRONT OF CHILI'S RESTAURANT. DEPUTY THOMPSON WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL WITH BLUE LIGHTS AND SIREN ACTIVATED -WHEN HE TRIED TO GO AROUND TRAFFIC BY USING THE CENTER LANE AND HIT A 2012 NISSAN MURANO DRIVEN BY 17 YEAR OLD CHRISTIAN ALSOBROOKS

Georgia Lottery Player Wins $3 Million on Scratcher ATLANTA (Aug. 10, 2026) – A Georgia Lottery player won the $3 million top prize playing the 100X The Money scratch-off game. The lucky ticket was purchased at Mr. Bs, 401 N. Center Street in Thomaston. The winner claimed their prize on Aug. 7. Last week, Georgia Lottery players claimed $39,585,197 in winnings from scratch-off games.A Milner resident won $150,000 in the Aug. 8 Powerball drawing by matching four of the five wh

CITY OF THOMASTON POLICE CHIEF MIKE RICHARDSON TOLD 101 NEWS OFFICERS MET WITH A U.S. ATTORNEY FROM THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GA. OFFICE IN MACON, THURSDAY REGARDING AN ALLEGED INVESTMENT SCHEME INVOLVING THOMASTON'S JONATHAN HALL, AGE 37. JONATHAN HALL THE CHIEF SAID THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE INDICATED IT HAS GIVEN THE CASE A HIGH PRIORITY AND AT LEAST 50 VICTIMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED INVOLVING OVER 9 MILLION DOLLARS. THE

Bob Powell, CEO Safety is our top priority in every community in which Brightmark operates. In July, we voluntarily paused the plastics pyrolysis part of our processing line at our Ashley facility to implement the next generation of upgraded technology, and we notified the Indiana Department of Environmental Management that we were doing so. The balance of the facility’s operation is continuing uninterrupted. Brightmark will employ this next-generation plastics-to-pyrolysis o