The Upson Beacon

11/26/2025

SPORTS COLUMN: "If you’re a Georgia Bulldog football fan, you truly are living in the golden age of Bulldog football..."

If you’re a Georgia Bulldog football fan, you truly are living in the golden age of Bulldog football.

11/26/2025

SPORTS COLUMN: "I’m thankful for every day that God blesses me with, especially to be with my beautiful wife Karen. When I was younger, I would hear people say they were thankful for every day and I thought, “That’s silly, isn’t this the way it's..."

I’m thankful for every day that God blesses me with, especially to be with my beautiful wife Karen.

11/26/2025

PERSONAL OPINION COLUMN: "On the Kenyan savanna, as the sun sets in brilliant orange, a game warden offered my wife and me a sobering observation: 'The lions are going to sleep tonight thinking that if I am to eat tomorrow, I must outrun the ante..."

On the Kenyan savanna, as the sun sets in brilliant orange, a game warden offered my wife and me a sobering observation: "The lions are going to sleep tonight thinking

11/26/2025

PERSONAL OPINION COLUMN: "The mayor-elect speaks: 'This year’s Thanksgiving will be a grand day for New Yorkers, and hopefully, a model for our country. No more will there be gridlock, pigeons, and sticky subway poles - a joke, please..."

The mayor-elect speaks: “This year’s Thanksgiving will be a grand day for New Yorkers, and hopefully, a model for our country. No more will there be gridlock, pigeons, and sticky

11/26/2025

PERSONAL OPINION COLUMN: "Those of us whose professions are political adjacent were prepared to downshift for a few weeks, enjoy the holidays, and otherwise monitor events that seemed to be set to autopilot until reality smacks us in the face som..."

Those of us whose professions are political adjacent were prepared to downshift for a few weeks, enjoy the holidays, and otherwise monitor events that seemed to be set to autopilot

11/26/2025

City of Thomaston and Upson County governmental offices will close Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27-28 for Thanksgiving, according to local officials. City offices will close at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve.

City of Thomaston and Upson County governmental offices will close Thursday and Friday, Nov. 27-28 for Thanksgiving, according to local officials. City offices will close at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Thanksgiving

11/26/2025

Upson County’s Hightower Memorial Library and Yatesville Public Library will close Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 27-29 in observance of Thanksgiving.

11/26/2025

This year, The Upson Beacon is introducing Sports Superlatives, awards for local student-athletes who have shown exemplary effort on and off the field.

11/26/2025

Thomaston-Upson Schools hosted family engagement night for students and families last Thursday evening at Upson-Lee Agriculture Center, and parking around the area was in short supply with hundreds attending the event.

Thomaston-Upson Schools hosted family engagement night for students and families last Thursday evening at Upson-Lee Agriculture Center, and parking around the area was in short supply with hundreds attending the

11/26/2025

Council members voted unanimously last week to approve an $82,390 expense for a new electric meter system in Thomaston which will reduce errors and streamline billing, according to City Manager Russell Thompson.

Council members voted unanimously last week to approve an $82,390 expense for a new electric meter system in Thomaston which will reduce errors and streamline billing, according to City Manager

11/26/2025

A local business alerted investigators to “somewhere between” $75,000 and $100,000 in forged checks which were attempted to be fraudulently cashed against its account during November, according to a Thomaston Police Department report.

A local business alerted investigators to “somewhere between” $75,000 and $100,000 in forged checks which were attempted to be fraudulently cashed against its account during November, according to a Thomaston

11/26/2025

Election day for a runoff between Dustin Fordham and Muffin Gibson for Upson County Probate Judge is scheduled Tuesday, Dec. 2.