THOMASTON POLICE LOOKING FOR A BLACK MALE WITH FACIAL HAIR, AROUND 6 FT. WEARING A BLUE JACKET AND JEANS. VICTIMS -- TWO MALES AND A FEMALE AROUND 8PM TUESDAY NIGHT.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
COMMISSIONER TRICE TEMP. STEPPING DOWN
AT TUESDAY’S MEETING, INDICTED UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER SANDRA TRICE ANNOUNCED SHE WILL AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE TO UNDERTAKE A TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF HER POSITION UNTIL CHARGES RELATED TO THE 39-COUNT INDICTMENT ARE CLEARED.
SHE SAID SHE IS NOT IN ANY WAY VOLUNTARILY VACATING HER OFFICE AND ADDED SHE EXPECTS TO RETURN TO HER SEAT ONCE HER NAME IS CLEARED BY A PANEL APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
AUTOPSY ORDERED
UPSON COUNTY CORONER JAMES GEORGE HAS ORDERED AN AUTOPSY FOR CHARLES PARKS, 64, OF 1939 MILLER ST. HIS WIFE FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR DECEASED WHEN SHE RETURNED FROM THE STORE, ACCORDING TO UPSON S.O. THERE WERE SIGNS HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN INJURED IN A FALL.
Monday, February 27, 2012
KYLE FLETCHER NEW IDA EX. DIR.
DURING THE MONTHLY MEETING, MONDAY, THE THOMASTON-UPSON IDA VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO HIRE KYLE FLETCHER OF THOMASTON AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BASED ON A RECOMMENDATION BY CHAIRMAN NEIL HIGHTOWER.
MS. FLETCHER, A FORMER MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR URMC , WILL RECEIVE A ONE YEAR CONTRACT OF $55,000 WITH A $500 PER MONTH CAR ALLOWANCE EFFECTIVE MARCH IST.
THE OTHER TWO FINALISTS WERE DANIEL COLLINS OF POOLER, GA. AND BRADLEY MOORE OF ST. SIMONS ISLAND, GA.
TWO RESTAURANT BURGLARIES
THOMASTON POLICE INVESTIGATING TWO RESTAURANT BURGLARIES DURING THE WEEKEND. THE WING SHACK ON SOUTH CHURCH AND HOG HEAVEN ON NORTH CHURCH. INVESTIGATORS SAID THE SAME M.O. WAS USED IN BOTH, SO IT COULD BE THE SAME PERSON OR PERSONS INVOLVED IN BOTH. THEY WENT THROUGH A WINDOW AT THE WING SHACK.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
EX-LAW FIRM SECRETARY ARRESTED
THOMASTON POLICE HAVE CHARGED A FORMER SECRETARY OF THE PASLEY AND NUCE LAW FIRM WITH THEFT BY CONVERSION OF $34,000 FROM THE FIRM.
BOND WAS SET AT $75,000 FOR JENNIFER PEVEY, AGE 34 OF THOMASVILLE, GA.
Friday, February 17, 2012
2ND CHILD DIES FROM HOUSE FIRE FEB.12, 36 E. LAMAR CO.
HAILEY POWER, 14 ,DIED FRIDAY AT EGLESTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA. HER SISTER, ANNA HAMRICK DIED TUESDAY, 8 FAMILY MEMBERS WERE INSIDE THE DOUBLE-WIDE TRAILER HOME THAT CAUGHT FIRE.
A DONATION CENTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE BARNESVILLE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ON 19-41. PHONE NUMBER-770-358-1314. AN ACCOUNT AT UNITED BANK FOR FUNERAL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
NUWAUPIANS RETAIL STORE CLOSED
THOMASTON POLICE FOUND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AT A RETAIL BUILDING AT 105 SOUTH HIGHTOWER STREET AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING AND ZONING CLOSED THE SITE, THE RETAIL STORE, NUWAUPIANS ALL EYES ON EGYPT. A 55-GALLON DRUM WAS BEING USED AS A WOOD-BURNING HEATER AND FILLED THE BUILDING WITH SMOKE.
A BLACK FEMALE AND A SMALL CHILD WERE LIVING IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND A MAN THERE, LARRY GRIFFIN, 51 WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT IN CLAYTON COUNTY.
THE NUWAUPIANS LEASED THE VFW CLUB BEFORE IT BURNED IN JANUARY OF 2011, BUT WERE REMOVED FROM THE BUILDING BY AN ORDER IN UPSON SUPERIOR COURT.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
STEPHEN WARD STAR STUDENT ULHS, JAN MCKINLEY HIS STAR TEACHER
THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 2012 STAR STUDENT FOR THE THOMASTON-UPSON SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS MADE BY THE THOMASTON KIWANIS CLUB, LOCAL STAR PROGRAM SPONSOR , AT THE FEB. 14 MEETING.
STEPHEN HAS BEEN AWARDED A PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO AUBURN UNIVERSITY AND PLANS TO STUDY SOFTWARE ENGINEERING. HIS PARENTS, STEVE AND LYNN WARD.
Monday, February 13, 2012
TWO GIRLS CRITICAL AFTER RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE FIRE 1927 36 EAST , LAMAR COUNTY SUNDAY
LAMAR COUNTY FIRE RESCUE CHIEF STEPHEN ANDREWS SAID BOTH TRANSPORTED BY AIR AMBULANCE TO EGLESTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN ATLANTA. A TOTAL OF 8 OCCUPANTS, OTHERS TREATED FOR SMOKE INHALATION. CAUSE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
SMOKE EVERYWHERE MONDAY
TGA NEWS WAS TOLD THE GA. FORESTRY COMMISSION WAS CONDUCTING A CONTROL BURN OFF PEACHBELT ROAD.
THOMASTON FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO TIRE AND AUTO MASTER MONDAY MORNING AFTER A HEATER SMOKED-UP THE BUILDING.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
ARREST IN ASSAULT ON RETIRED P.D. OFFICER
MAJOR DAN KILGORE OF THE UPSON S.O. SAYS TERRILL OMAR SEARCY, 25, OF 226 SMITH ROAD WAS ARRESTED ON 4TH AVE. WEDNESDAY WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE THOMASTON P.D.
SEARCY IS A SUSPECT IN AN ASSAULT ON RETIRED THOMASTON POLICE SGT. AUBREY HALL OF ZORN ROAD WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO UNDERGO SURGERY WEDNESDAY AT A MACON HOSPITAL AFTER HE RECEIVED A FRACTURED NOSE IN THE ATTACK.
MAJOR KILGORE SAID SGT. HALL WAS SLUGGED IN THE FACE WHEN HE RETURNED HOME FROM CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING AND FOUND A BLACK MALE IN HIS HOUSE. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING AND ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASE SHOULD CONTACT UPSON S.O.
Monday, February 6, 2012
SENIOR CITIZEN INJURED HOME INVASION
ACCORDING TO UPSON S.O. AN 86 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE WAS TREATED AT THE E.R. AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH A BLOODY FACE AT 101 ZORN ROAD.
HE TOLD DEPUTIES HE SAW AN OLDER MODEL WHITE CHEVY IN HIS DRIVEWAY AND FOUND TWO BLACK MALES INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. HE ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING THERE AND ONE OF THEM PUNCHED HIM IN THE NOSE AND THEY FLED IN THE CAR. THE GBI PROCESSED THE CRIME SCENE.
Friday, February 3, 2012
THOMASTON TEEN , BARNESVILLE TEEN IN JAIL IN TENN FOR KIDNAPPING
ACCORDING TO THE LAMAR S.O. AN UPSON COUNTY TEEN, DUSTIN BLAKE ELLIOTT,19 AND A BARNESVILLE TEEN, JOSHUA PAUL CROWE,19 ARE IN JAIL IN HAMLIN COUNTY , TENNESSEE ON CHARGES OF KIDNAPPING TWO TEEN FEMALES.
KIRSTEN KAMRADT,14 OF BARNESVILLE AND AMBER HENRY, 16 OF HIGH FALLS WERE FOUND SAFE IN TENNESSEE THURSDAY NIGHT AFTER THEY LEFT THEIR HOMES WITH THE TWO MALE TEENS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
CROWE WAS ALREADY FACING CHARGES OF STATUTORY RAPE AND STALKING. THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR MISSING AND EXPLOITED CHILDREN WAS INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH FOR THE TWO FEMALE TEENS.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
BAR AND GRILL PROPOSED DOWNTOWN THOMASTON
THE CITY OF THOMASTON HAS CONFIRMED A MACON GROUP HAS APPLIED TO OPEN A BAR AND GRILL AT 105 SOUTH CENTER STREET, ONCE SINBRO’S DEPARTMENT STORE.
THE MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS WOULD BE NAMED FUSIONS AND WOULD SELL, BEER, WINE AND LIQUOR BY-THE-DRINK IF APPROVED BY THE THOMASTON CITY COUNCIL.