Thomaston, GA News

• Thomaston, GA News
• Flint River Academy holds graduation
• 147th Emancipation Celebration is Saturday
• Anita Fillingim named Service to Mankind Award Winner
• 14 students suspended following senior prank
• ULHS Graduation is Friday
• Blue Star Memorial Marker dedicated
• Qualifying starts Wednesday
• Peace Officers Memorial Day
• Flint River Academy Holding Graduation Ceremony May 21
• Hoffmans spreading the word about Cri du Chat Syndrome
• Thomaston suing Upson County
• New Postal plan may save The Rock
• Fake debt scam surfaces in Upson County
• ULHS students complete senior year at Advanced Academy of Georgia
• Blue Star Memorial Marker dedication is May 18
• Raines, Hudson and Blackston are Certified Commissioners
• Plans underway to save the Ritz
• Fake debt scam reaching Upson County
• Sheriff Don Peacock receives Lifetime Achievement Award
• Second jail escapee captured
• No violations at Animal Shelter, says Agriculture Inspector
• Biggs named interim District 1 Commissioner
• One jail escapee caught in Florida
• New license plates now available
• Top Relay For Life fund raisers!
• Chris Moroz wins SAMMY 2012 Award!
• Two on loose after prison break
• 2012 Distinguished Young Women
• ULHS NJROTC Senior Cadets
• Farm Day!
• Inmate facing charge for killing dog at shelter
• Former elected officials/committee members honored
• Smoke On The Water donates $15,000 to VFDs
• Making Thomaston Shine!
• No special election needed to fill Trice seat; judge will appoint
• Trice out of office, who will fill term?
• No more movies in Thomaston?
• Bell family honored at reception
• Lunch with the Carters
• Trice accepts plea deal, receives probation
• Band gets Superior ratings and director loses hair
• Humane Society requests protocol for euthanasia
• 2012 Relay For Life is a success!
• Quad Graphics is Manufacturer of Year!
• Suspect arrested in Lincoln Park stabbing
• Scavenger hunt kicks off Make Thomaston Shine
• Bayleigh Jackson wins ‘If I Were Mayor’ essay contest
• Taylor English grateful for care, prayers during cancer treatment
• School meal prices increasing next year
• Relay For Life is Friday/Saturday
• DA requests increase in budget
• Law enforcement essay and art winners named
• Sixty-six years in the making
• Easter Sunday marred by violence
• East/West Corridor Study finally getting underway
• “The Great Locomotive Chase” coming to The Ritz Saturday
• Strawberry Festival kicks off season at The Rock Ranch on Saturday
• WANGO spray painters arrested
• Council meets new police officers
• Standard Textiles celebrates 10th anniversary
• The Rock Ranch featured by Georgia Tourism
• Smoke On The Water starts today
• Upson Jailer facing charges
• County responds to Animal Control complaints
• Sweet Georgia Violins earn rave reviews from judges
• It’s a family affair
• Mary Coker wins Hubert Hancock Award
• Save The Ritz!
• Smoke On The Water gaining national attention
• Saved by the Belt!
• Dart buying Solo Cup Company
• Jarvis awarded Gilliam Academic Achievement Award
• ‘Chick, chick, chick, chick chicken’
• Westmoreland named Most Conservative
• An ‘active witness’
• The state of Upson County in 2012
• Animal Control under scrutiny
• Thomaston Police investigating “Wango” paintings
• Thomaston Police seek public’s aid in identifying spray painters
• Burglaries are solved
• Harriette Hendrix still going strong at 100
• ULMS Knights impressive early
• Girl Scouts celebrating 100th Anniversary
• Gingrich takes Primary in Upson with 62 percent
• Levin Neighbors honored for his award-winning artwork
• Presidential Preference Primary is today
• Upson native begins 51st year in Christian ministry
• Trice, Governor’s office work out suspension agreement
• Trice stepping down until trial over
• IDA Board approves Kyle Fletcher as new Director
• Plum Creek donation aids FYCA computer program
• 2012 Hall of Fame inductees
• Upson receives $1.8 million water line loan
• Judge hears motions in Trice case
• Lost Languages and Stories of Glenwood Cemetery featured on St. Patrick’s Day
• Ty Ross to meet superheroes, thanks to Make-A-Wish
• Ty Ross to meet superheroes, thanks to Make-A-Wish
• Second suspect arrested in assault case
• BOE Chairman urging fight against HR 1162
• Stephen Ward is the 2012 STAR Student
• Nuclear plants will benefit Thomaston
• Jennifer Baptiste is new P&Z Director
• Email tax scams hit locally
• Arrest made in elderly assault case
• Thomaston woman charged with burglary after being locked in Belk's store
• Trice indictment in the hands of the Governor
• Fire damages mobile home
• ‘Food for Thought’ providing school children with food for the weekends
• Citizen airs complaint against Trice
• Solar farm approved for Upson
• BOE approves ULMS roof repair
• Elizabeth Williams will be National Geographic intern
• URMC Auxiliary celebrates reaching $1 million in donations
• Thomaston businessman Richard Harville convicted of theft by receiving
• Miriam Tisinger Garland
• Trice trial set for May 3
• TSPLOST on minds of citizens, council
• Spencer Price announcing his run for State Senate
• For love of the violin
• Scammer soliciting funds for church
• Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Yatesville looking at golf cart law
• SCLC holds first MLK Commemoration Banquet
• BOC approves TAN for $5 million
• Dog shooting details disputed between police, social sites
• CDBG grant building new homes for some Lincoln Park residents
• Events planned for MLK birthday
• Police determine timeline, cause of murder/suicide
• Mayor appointing new board for Thomaston Housing Authority
• The Rock Ranch holding memorial for Jacob Dall
• Sandra Trice pleads 'not guilty' at arraignment
• 'The Legacy of the Forgotten' is first in series by local author
• Mother arrested after child found wandering in street
• Thomaston City Council raises utility rates
• Thomaston City Council approves 2012 budget
• First baby of 2012
• SCLC planning events for MLK birthday
• Thomaston hears from citizens about 2012 budget concerns
• Memorial Hall rededicated to those lost in 1946 Hotel Winecoff fire
• Yatesville looking to clean up downtown
• Suspect arrested, charged in shooting death
• Thomaston' first fire engine comes home, thanks to Truett Cathy
• Board of Education receives good news on budget
• Memorial Hall being re-dedicated on Dec. 29 for Winecoff fire victims
• Local businessman Jay Patel, children killed in tragic car accident in India
• Annual Christmas Kitchen helps 2,583 have a Christmas meal
• Woman shot to death Wednesday morning
• Board approves county budget
• Teachers of the Year honored at Board of Education meeting
• Criterion Technology is expanding
• VFW Post 6447 honors local teachers
• Volunteers using Facebook to adopt out shelter animals
• Thomaston Mayor Hays Arnold elected Chair of Three Rivers Council
• BOE approves Fine and Performing Arts Center bid
• 'Star of Flint' author Jill Smith Entrekin uses Thomaston as basis for book
• County budget hearings are today
• Final decision on building PAC expected on Dec. 13
• Investigation continuing into pond accident
• County employees getting 5% raise in 2012
• Emergency agencies use chemical spill scenario to train for reality
• Frozen in youth forever, Part 2
• Frozen in youth forever
• Practice makes perfect
• BOC approves Crest cell tower
• Journey to the Manger, Fly for Tots this weekend
• Victorian Christmas December 1; Sounds of the Season December 5
• Mountain View Baptist feeds 'a small town' with annual Families Feeding Families program
• Yatesville hires new meter reader
• Students learn of dangers of meth after drug sweep
• Major Eddie Grier named Georgia State Patrol Commander
• Trice vows to continue to serve
• BOE divided on new graduation policy
• County-wide fire service still on Blackston’s mind
• Farm-City Week is Nov. 18-24
• Georgia State Patrol taking part in Click It or Ticket Campaign
• Trice continues on BOC despite call to step down
• Violent storms spare Upson County
• Father comes home from Afghanistan to surprise daughter
• J. R. Charles announces resignation as Industrial Development Authority Director
• Teacher of the Year named
• Flint River named to 2011 "Dirty Dozen" list
• Dr. Spencer Price announces plan to run for Senate
• Wounded veteran's home getting update by Purple Heart Homes
• Richards wins Council election by two votes
• County Commissioner Sandra Trice indicted on 39 counts in funeral insurance case
• Class teaches bomb threat procedures
• Annual Community Night Out a Success
• URMC honored with national award
• Lane closure starting Halloween is a trick that won't be a treat
• The Thomaston Times is designated Legal Organ of Upson County
• Busy weekend ahead in Upson County
• Massive meth sweep results in 42 arrests
• NAACP holds annual banquet
• AYP scores may improve
• BOC begins work on 2012 county budget
• PAC bid openings will be Nov. 1
• Thomaston Council approves $1.5 million for roads and sidewalks
• Recycling center rezoning denied
• Pill Drop Off is October 29
• More copper thefts in area
• Car hits house on Avenue F
• Georgia Day of the Cowboy is Saturday at The Rock Ranch
• Eight officers honored by city
• IDA transferring property back to Chief Manufacturing
• School meal prices may rise next year
• Thomaston's own Hope Allen makes her way onto TV
• Copper thieves hit three churches
• Yatesville changing locks on City Hall
• Richard Harville bound over to November Grand Jury
• Former Housing Authority Director and husband convicted of conspiracy
• Thomaston's Coy Bowles releasing first album
• Harbor House announces transition to foster home for WinShape Homes
• Wheels collapse as plane lands at T-U Airport; no injuries reported
• Upson-Lee vs. Starrs Mill is Fox 5 High Five Sports Game of the Week!
• SR 36 roadwork underway this week; expect delays
• Firefighters hold 9/11 remembrance
• TSPLOST is 'win-win,' says Raines
• Joseph J. Hammonds receives French Legion of Honor medal
• Suspicious package in Thomaston turns out to be motorcycle bag
• Lincoln Park CDBG approved
• Body found in Lake Thomaston
• Search continues at reservoir for missing man
• Waterline grant available for Upson County
• Westmoreland expressed views on a variety of topics
• Help coming to lure suppliers
• Vintage Days this weekend at the Candler Field Museum
• Back to School for Thomaston - Bus Schedules, Lunch Menus, School Supplies and more
• Virginia earthquake felt as far south as Thomaston
• Thomaston qualifying set for August 29 - September 2
• From R. E. Lee to MLK Memorial
• Fairburn police seeking Upson County help in solving murder case
• Commissioners deny cell phone tower
• Upson will see changes in redistricting
• No tax rollback this year!
• Man kills estranged wife and himself in murder/suicide
• Property owners receiving tax mill rollback this year
• Furloughs included in BOE budget
• Board of Education sets tentative millage rate of 14.3
• First day of school goes well in Upson County
• Residents urged to ignore newest email scam
• D.A. asks Insurance Commissioner for more information on Sandra Trice investigation
• Special Election will be same date as General Election
• BOC to change voting districts
• City reconsiders change to districts
• School system Nutrition Fund bookkeeper faces fraud charges
• Solo Cup inks job training partnership
• Thomaston Housing Authority Director charged with fraud
• Steve Daniel named Provost for SCTC
• Thomaston City Councilman Ed Bell passes away
• Pike murder defendant makes blind plea after Judge Hankinson says he can change his mind
• Historic mural dedicated
• Legendary R. E. Lee Coach Jim Cavan has road named in his honor
• BOE delays approving budget
• Upson Regional Medical Center responds to Reddy conviction
• Radiologist with Thomaston connections convicted of fraud in federal court
• The Rock Ranch embarking on Space Farm 7 Mission
• Dr. LaSharon McClain named Upson-Lee South Elementary Principal
• Trice case delayed by change in ADA
• Thomaston couple charged with witness tampering
• Citizens express concerns over voting redistricting
• No interest shown for county fire department
• Spalding Sheriff remains in stable, but critical, condition
• Spalding Sheriff critically injured in accident
• Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich speaks in Milner
• Southern Crescent Technical College opens new Industrial Training Facility
• BOC approves use of Code Red system
• Pro players coming to Thomaston for basketball clinic
• For investigators, Ivey murder case has become both personal and professional
• Drive-by shooting leads to arrest
• Flag Day!
• GDOT sends TSPLOST list back with more for Upson
• "A Dance for Bethany" leads to conference on human trafficking
• Reward offered for information about Arlene Ivey murder
• Bloody Friday leaves three dead; two by murder/suicide
• Sunday accident claims one life
• Two more arrests made in tax fraud case
• Summer Reading kicks off this week
• Graduation is tonight!
• Emancipation Celebration is Saturday
• City receives park grant
• Kia job fair in Thomaston June 8
• iJessa
• Local TSPLOST list is finalized
• Emergency personnel honored at Rotary banquet
• One arrest made, others expected in IRS fraud case
• BOE approves school bus bids
• Raley Holloway taking time off from music to enjoy high school
• World War II veterans take part in Honor Flight to Washington, DC
• France honoring Joseph Hammond for WWII service
• BOC approves 10-acre minimum for conservation use
• Law enforcement honored at banquet
• Mayor cites need for improved communications after latest storms
• Volunteers needed for tornado clean up
• Family of local businesswoman threatened after she expresses concerns to BOC
• BOC debates setting minimum conservation land use acreage size
• Thomaston woman killed when tornado hit Spalding
• Weems Road tornado spares one home, not other
• Upson County escapes major storm damage
• City Manager Patrick Comiskey praised for his service to the city
• BOE to improve vistors facilities at Matthews Field
• Government Complex burglarized twice in two weeks, third time this year
• SouthWest Water responds to allegations of violations
• Yatesville Mayor urges residents to use library or possibly risk losing it as budgets tighten
• Board of Education delays buying buses over safety concerns
• Thomaston receives $100,000 grant to expand Greatest Generation Park trails
• Tracy Caldwell named Principal at Upson-Lee High
• The Rock Ranch to Host Free Community Egg Hunt Events a charity 5k race, new zip lines and all-natural strawberries
• Budget amended on ambulance contract
• Allegations of wrongdoing have Agri-Cycle owner fighting back
• TUBA-TUAC Egg Hunt is Saturday
• Summer sewage rates now in effect in City of Thomaston
• TUAC salutes the Grand Ole Opry
• Mock Council gives students chance to see government in action
• Sheriff, Police both investigating break-in at government complex
• Sales tax drops to 6% for 3 month between SPLOST end and start-up
• Allen Ådams appointed Public Defender
• IDA continuing negotiations with Quad/Graphics
• BOE begins looking at 2011-2012 school budget
• Hubert Hancock Leadership Award winner for 2011 is Raley Holloway
• MOBIS Job Fair is March 30
• Smoke On The Water is a success due to efforts of Bobby Bickley and friends
• Do You Miss Me?
• Cedar Row renamed Joe White Street
• MOBIS Job Fair is March 30 at Civic Center
• The Learning Academy is giving dropouts a second chance
• Renaming of Cedar Row to James Joe White Street is Friday
• Yatesville receives water inspection waiver from EPD
• Authorities seek suspect in car chase last week
• Month of events planned for Lets Make Thomaston Shine
• BOC questions URMC contract for ambulance service
• Happy 100th Anniversary!
• Thomaston receives lawsuit notice in parade death
• Upson County submits CDBG application for Lincoln Park
• Thomaston PD search for purse snatcher
• Murder trials over as final two defendants plead guilty
• Upson-Lee Pre-K Registration underway through March 31
• BOE approves lottery, reserved spaces for Pre-K
• Saffold found guilty of murder of Salem couple
• Grand Jury to hear Trice allegations in June
• Double slaying murder trial underway
• Jury selection begins Monday for first defendant in murder of Salem couple in 2009
• Zoning Board denies landfill permit request
• Citizens can add input to Pre-K selection process at Feb. 22 Forum
• Hardeman promoted to UCSO Captain
• Thomaston City Manager responds to BOC Chair's SPLOST statement
• Crossing guard struck by truck
• The Cutest Pet Contest is heating up!
• Transfer of employees signal end of joint projects
• This is the week to get prepared for severe weather
• Ninth Grade Academy part of plan to reduce dropouts
• Recreation is topic of citizens at first SPLOST hearing
• BOE approves Pre-K Lottery
• IDA offering 15-year tax phase-in to Quad/Graphics as investment incentive
• Raines relates the county's side of the SPLOST issue
• Snow makeup days in March
• VFW Club destroyed by blaze; fire under investigation
• City officials disappointed in lack of SPLOST agreement
• Blackston voices opposition to some SPLOST funding
• ULMS earns Lighthouse School To Watch award for third straight time
• Relay for Life Kickoff is January 20
• Community of Opportunity application in final stages
• BOC calls for March vote on $16M SPLOST
• URMC receives state award for quality
• City, county fail to agree on SPLOST
• Judge Edwards denies The Thomaston Time’s request for a temporary restraining order concerning the legal organ
• VFD's split over BOC proposal to provide funds
• Rate increases, 2011 Thomaston budget approved
• Blackston, Spraggins sworn into office
• "Elvis" is back at The Ritz this Thursday!
• Animal Health and Science receives funding for plant
• Thomaston Council approves bid for South End water lines
• Thomaston City Council renames Cedar Row as Joe White Street
• Upson EMS moves into its new home
• The Thomaston Times files civil action to halt the changeover of legal organ
• Quad/Graphics seeks $2 million from TUCIDA
• Board of Education approves design for new Performing Arts Center
• City Council votes to cut Mainstreet
• Beware of phone scams
• “If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!”
• Special qualifying to fill Rep. Tony Sellier’s seat will be December 15-17
• Thomaston Council meets Monday to discuss ending Mainstreet participation
• Legal notice change rumored
• State Representative Tony Sellier passes away
• Traffic stop results in two arrests on drug charges
• Victorian Christmas is December 2 on the square in Thomaston
• Kevin Hughes brings his "Wild About Love" comedy routine to the Ritz Theatre Dec. 9
• BOC approves 2011 Budget
• Industries looking at Upson could decide in December
• BOC approves tax millage rollback using excess SPLOST revenues
• Christmas in Lights Parade is Saturday
• Ambulance involved in fatal crash
• Thomaston soon to be home to biomass power generation facility
• Simulated meth lab exposes students to dangers of meth
• Community gives ideas for SPLOST
• Could be months before charges filed in Nov. 8 accident fatality
• Maurice Raines elected chair of 10-county TSPLOST Board
• The late Joe White honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at Chamber Banquet
• Boatwright gets suspension for inappropriate emails
• Joseph Hammonds honored for being most-decorated Veteran of World War II
• WWII Veteran J. D. Dickens finds a mountain with his name on it
• New gas line at top of IDA’s SPLOST wish list
• Grand Jury could hear fraud allegations against Sandra Trice by end of the year
• Thomaston Council approves tax study
• Man facing charges after altercation at Upson-Lee South
• Upson County Health Department investigating possible tuberculosis exposure
• Chitlin’ Hoedown is Oct. 30-31
• Suspected tuberculosis case under investigation by Upson Health Department
• County completing budget work
• Motorcyclist, deer collide on Highway 19 North
• Students waiting for textbooks to arrive
• Ponderosa alcohol license suspended
• Hundreds turn out for first Community Night Out sponsored by Thomaston PD
• Tragic accident claims man’s life during parade
• BOE gives go-ahead for PAC design
• Citizens call for renaming street for Joe White
• Thomaston Police hosts Community Night Out Oct. 6
• Projected cost of PAC higher than expected by BOE
• Promise Place offers help against domestic violence
• ICAC strives to protect children
• Citizens already enjoying Greatest Generation Park
• Janie Cottrell: The Space Shuttle Program’s first and only female welder
• Thomaston-Upson School System Teachers of the Year named
• Upson Historical Society undertaking Purple Heart project, looking for medal recipients
• Drug take-back day is Saturday at Boss Hog BBQ
• Thomaston receives 2nd grant for water project
• Next BOE Community Forum is at First Assembly of God
• BOE receives good financial report
• Early voting is now underway
• Commissioners deny rezoning request
• Castleberry elected to Rural Health Board
• Flint River Fest educates visitors to benefits of and dangers to Flint River
• Second arrest made in child porn case
• New Chamber video highlights many local tourist attractions
• Second person arrested in child porn investigation in Thomaston
• City receives $500,000 grant for water work
• Secret Service is joining investigation after $2,000 in counterfeit $20’s found
• Thomaston looking at sagging pants ordinance
• Downtown Thomaston Business Association receives national accreditation
• Georgia Conservancy hosting Flint River Fest this weekend
• SPLOST on minds of Yatesville folks
• R.U.S.H. and Mountain View Baptist share the gospel on trip to Jamaica
• High tech sleuths catch Thomaston woman with porn
• Knights fall to Woodward Academy 31-10
• Thomaston woman arrested for child pornography
• URMC’s new cafeteria is now open
• Yatesville Council approves new fund for public library
• Grateful parents telling Bo’s story for Care-a-Thon
• Don’t miss your last chance to see Aladdin, Jr.!
• Boobie Ball 2010 is Saturday
• Grand Jury indicts three for murders of Salem couple
• City nears completion of $1.2 million East Thomaston Sewer Line Project
• Raines says county ready to work with city on funding for joint projects
• Up to $250,000 could be saved in energy costs, company tells Board of Education
• Crawford, Sams named as judges by Governor Perdue
• Northside water customers will be without water Wednesday afternoon
• Educators focus on better scores
• Governor to announce judgeships Wednesday; Crawford, Sams expected to be named
• City updates demolition ordinance
• Flint Judicial Circuit still waiting on Governor Perdue to decide on judges
• Chamber Tourism video completed
• ULHS students returning to new seven-period schedule
• Board of Education approves site for PAC
• Thomaston seeking funds for rail spur
• Upson is now a DCA Community of Opportunity
• Meth lab found in motel room
• BOE approves $30.9 million budget
• Results of investigation of Judge English to be revealed by District Attorney at press conference Fr
• Oxendine seeks charges against Sandra Trice
• Solo Cup will be adding more jobs at Thomaston facility
• BOE chooses architect firm for PAC
• Investigation reveals relationship between judge and public defender; no cases believe to have been
• Local officials concerned with new TSPLOST
• Georgia State Patrol asking for public's help in finding hit-and-run vehicle
• Nominations closed for two judgeships
• Housing Authority working to help youth, families improve their lives
• Citizens approach Commissioners about naming stadium and press box
• Animal Health & Sciences plant bringing $9.1 million investment and 100 new jobs
• Mayor proposes county tax mill increase to pay for joint projects
• Police searching for thieves who took wiring from pump station
• BOE approves reduction days
• Thomaston Postal worker arrested for forgery
• BOE approves tentative budget of $30,939,082; final approval June 22
• Budget woes on minds of legislators
• City discusses future road closing with residents
• JNC names short list of judgeship candidates
• Woman dies after accident
• Yatesville Council ok’s new computer system for water billing
• Boil Water Notice issued; water conservation required
• Emancipation Day Celebration is Saturday
• Gunnery Sgt. Erik Housman of Thomaston awarded for actions while in Afghanistan
• Boil Water Notice will continue until Friday; system back online, but must recharge and be tested
• Upson-Lee High School Graduation is tonight, commencement guidelines will be followed
• Raines urges BOC to move ahead on joint projects plan
• Sewer overflows into Davis Lake; EPA classifies as a major spill
• Students attend BOE Forum to express concerns
• Rusty Blackson wins in the Primary, will face Shane Phillips in November
• Upson County issues its own Boil Water Notice
• Redevelopment Plan for Lincoln Park approved
• EMS calls running higher than 2009
• Boil Water Notices may be lifted sooner than expected
• BOE narrows architectural firms for the Performing Arts Center to three
• Public Hearing in Yatesville August 3
• Boil Water Notices lifted
• BRAG coming to town Monday and Tuesday
• Upson County proposing to end joint projects with city
• Primary Election early voting is now underway
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