SOUTHERN CRESCENT TECH COLLEGE CLOSED THURSDAY--

GOV. NATHAN DEAL HAS ANNOUNCED STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED THURSDAY.

ACCORDING TO TERESA HARPER, CLERK-UPSON SUPERIOR COURT—THURSDAY’S SUPERIOR COURT SESSION WILL BE DELAYED UNTIL 1PM

UPSON COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN RUSTY BLACKSTON SAYS COUNTY OFFICES WILL DELAY OPENING TILL 10AM-THURSDAY.

THE  CHAIRMAN  SAID  IF  ANY COUNTY  GOVERNMENT  EMPLOYEE  FEARS  FOR  THEIR  SAFETY  THEY  CAN  WAIT  UNTIL   ROADS  IN   THEIR  AREA  ARE  SAFE,  THEN  REPORT.

THE  CHAIRMAN  TOLD   101  NEWS  AROUND  1PM  WEDNESDAY,  THE  GA  DOT  SAYS  MAJOR  ROADS  IN  UPSON  COUNTY  ARE  PASSABLE,  BUT  SECONDARY  ROADS  ARE  STILL  A  CONCERN—DO  NOT  TRAVEL  IF  AT  ALL   POSSIBLE.

THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY SCHOOLS AND LAMAR COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSED AGAIN THURSDAY DUE TO ICY CONDITIONS ON ROADS

QUAD GRAPHICS –THE ROCK PLANT SCHEDULED TO RUN AS USUAL. ALL SHIFTS SHOULD REPORT

COUNTY MANAGER JOHN HANSON HAS ANNOUNCED PIKE CO. OFFICES CLOSING AT 2PM TODAY.

WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED BY UPSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

DIRECTOR  MARTHA  ANN  MCCARTY SAYS  THE  WARNING  IS  IN  EFFECT  FROM  10AM TUESDAY  THROUGH  1PM  WEDNESDAY. THE  TUESDAY  FORECAST  BRINGS  WINTER PRECIPITATION TO  OUR  AREA.  SLEET/SNOW/FREEZING  RAIN AROUND  THE  NOON  HOUR TO  EARLY  AFTERNOON. SHOULD  CONVERT  TO  SNOW EARLY  IN  THE  EVENING, SNOWING  ALL  NIGHT  INTO  WEDNESDAY.  TEMPS  SHOULD  GET  ABOVE  FREEZING  WEDNESDAY WITH  SUNSHINE, BUT  QUICKLY  FALL  BACK  BELOW  FREEZING AND ANY  RESIDUAL  WATER  WILL  REFREEZE,  CAUSING  BLACK  ICE  CONDITIONS.

THOMASTON  TO  MACON  2  TO  3  INCHES  OF  SNOW  PREDICTED. UPSON  EMA WARNS  MOTORISTS  IF  STORM  CONDITIONS  DEVELOP  DO  NOT  GET  ON  ROADWAYS  ONCE  ACCUMULATION  OCCURS.

THE  3RD DISTRICT  OFFICE, GA.  DOT  BASED  IN  THOMASTON  HAS   57 PIECES OF  SNOW  STORM  EQUIPMENT  READY  FOR  USE  IN  THE  31  COUNTIES  IN  THE  DISTRICT. TOP  PRIORITY  IS  TO  KEEP  TWO  LANES  OPEN  ON INTERSTATES,  THEN  WORK  ON  STATE  ROUTES  WITH  THE  MOST  TRAFFIC. PHONE   511  FOR  ROAD  CONDITIONS BEFORE  YOU  TRAVEL.

DUE TO THE SEVERE WEATHER WARNING THOMASTON-UPSON CO. SCHOOLS CLOSED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. UPSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY’S 7PM MEETING OF THE UPSON BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAMAR COUNTY SCHOOLS AND MERIWETHER COUNTY SCHOOLS CLOSED ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

 

 

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REID HIGHTOWER, 2014 STAR STUDENT AT UL HIGH

REID,  DAUGHTER  OF  JOHN  AND  JULIETTE  HIGHTOWER,  SELECTED ULHS TEACHER  MOLLIE  COLVIN  AS  STAR  TEACHER. MS. COLVIN  TAUGHT  REID IN   10TH  GRADE HONORS  AMERICAN  LITERATURE.

LAMAR CO WOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY FINED FOR FISH KILL THAT HALTED PUMPING FROM POTATO CREEK BY CITY OF THOMASTON

THE  GA.  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION  AGENCY  HAS  FINED  JORDAN  FORESTRY PRODUCTS  AT  752  GROVE  ST.  IN  BARNESVILLE   $9900  FOR  KILLING  172  FISH.

THOMASTON  CITY   MANAGER  PATRICK  COMISKEY  SAID  A  DECISION  WAS  MADE  TO  STOP  PUMPING  FROM   POTATO  CREEK  SEPT.  30,  2013,  AFTER  OBSERVING  A  BLACK  SUBSTANCE  IN  THE  WATER  NEAR  THE  HIGHWAY  18  BRIDGE  AT  THE  LAMAR-PIKE COUNTY  LINE.  THE  CITY  WATER  SYSTEM  SWITCHED  TO  DRAWING  FROM  LAKE  THOMASTON  BUT  RESUMED  PUMPING  FROM POTATO  CREEK DEC. 6TH  AFTER    E.P.A.  GAVE  THE  O.K.

IN  ITS  REPORT,   E.P.A.   SAID  HEAVY  RAINS   CAUSED  THE  SEDIMENTATION  POND AT THE JORDAN  COMPANY  TO  OVERFLOW  AND  WASH  WOOD  LEACHATE INTO  THE  UNAMED  TRIBUTARY  AND  DOWNSTEAM  TO  POTATO  CREEK.

BOMB THREAT THURSDAY AM DURING JURY TRIAL AT UPSON CO COURTHOUSE.

THE  COURTHOUSE  WAS  EVACUATED  FOR  ABOUT  AN  HOUR  WHILE  UPSON  COUNTY S.O.  CONDUCTED  A  SWEEP  OF  THE  BUILDING.

ANDREW  HAND, IN  HIS   40’S  WAS  ON  TRIAL  FOR  AGGREVATED  SEXUAL  BATTERY, BUT  WHEN  A   JURY  COULD  NOT  REACH  A    VERDICT  ,  HE  ENTERED  A  PLEA  TO  A  LESSER  CHARGE  OF  INCITING  A  CHILD  FOR  INDECENT  PURPOSES AND  WAS  SENTENCED  TO   7  YEARS PROBATION   BY  JUDGE MACK  CRAWFORD  PLUS  HE MUST  REGISTER  AS  A  SEX OFFENDER.

THE  ALLEGED  VICTIM  WAS  HAND’S  STEP-DAUGHTER,  AGE  12  AT  THE  TIME  .

RUSS HEAD TOURS MONDAY, JAN 13TH CIVIC CENTER

RUSS  HEAD WILL  DELIVER  A POWER  POINT  PRESENTATION  OF  HIS   2014  TOURS, MONDAY  JAN. 13TH   7PM  AT  THE  THOMASTON-UPSON  CIVIC  CENTER. PUBLIC INVITED.

UPSON CO. COMMISSIONERS TO HONOR JOINT SERVICE DELIVERY AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY AND COUNTY.

IN   A  PRESS  RELEASE  ISSUED  FRIDAY,  CHAIRMAN  RUSTY  BLACKSTON  STATED  THE  UPSON  COUNTY  BOARD OF  COMMISSIONERS WILL,  BY  THE RULING OF JUDGE STEPHEN  BOSWELL,  HONOR  THE  SERVICE  DELIVERY  AGREEMENT  SIGNED  BY BOTH  THE  CITY  OF  THOMASTON  AND COUNTY OF  UPSON  ON  AUGUST  20,  2013.  THE  CHAIRMAN  ADDED, THE  BOARD  OF  COMMISSIONERS  HAS  SOME  CONCERNS  SET  FORTH  IN  THE  AGREEMENT  WHICH WILL  BE  DISCUSSED  AT  A  LATER  TIME. 

ARMED ROBBERY WED. NIGHT, CHATFIELD’S STORE 36 EAST.

UPSON  COUNTY  SHERIFF  DAN  KILGORE  SAID  A  BLACK  MALE  WEARING  A  MASK  AND WIELDING  A  SHOTGUN  DEMANDED  MONEY  AND  FLED.  ANYONE  WITH INFORMATION  ABOUT  THE  CASE   CONTACT    UPSON  S.O. 

HANNAH’S MILL ROAD CLOSED FRIDAY MORNING AFTER EARLY AM ACCIDENT, NEAR OFFICES DR. CURTIS CRAWFORD. WORK CONTINUES INTO THE AFTERNOON TO RESTORE POWER AND CABLE TV SERVICE BUT ROAD STILL CLOSED AT 3PM.

CITY OF THOMASTON REPORTS 18 LEAKS IN WATER SYSTEM. ABOUT HALF REPAIRED BY FRIDAY AM. AN ATLANTA FIRM RETAINED TO USE SENSORS TO LOCATE LEAKS.

DUE TO THE COLD SNAP UPSON COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT ADVISING CUSTOMERS TO REDUCE WATER CONSUMPTION AND CHECK FOR BROKEN WATER PIPES. REPORT ANY LEAKS TO EMERGENCY NUMBERS ON THE WATER BILL

UPSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION—MONDAY—ON JUDGE’S DECISION MANDATING THEY KEEP JOINT PROJECTS AGREEMENT WITH CITY

THE   COMMISSIONERS  TOOK  NO  ACTION, BUT  A  PRESS  RELEASE  IS  EXPECTED  FROM  CHAIRMAN  RUSTY  BLACKSTON   LATER  THIS  WEEK.

LOOKOUT POSTED AFTER A SHOT FIRED AT SUPER WAL MART PARKING LOT-THOMASTON

THOMASTON  POLICE  CHIEF  DAN  GREATHOUSE  SAID  A  BLACK   MALE  AND   WHITE  MALE  GOT  IN  AN  ALTERCATION  OVER  A PARKING  SPACE  LATE  THURSDAY.  A  SEMI-AUTOMATIC  PISTOL  FELL  OUT  OF  THE  BLACK  MALES   SUV  AND  THE  WHITE MALE  PICKED  IT  UP  AND  IT   DISCHARGED.

THE  BLACK  MALE  , AGE  50  TO 55 ,  GRABBED  HIS  PISTOL  AND  FLED  IN  A  MAROON  ESCALADE  SUV—ACCORDING  TO  THE  CHIEF.  ANYONE  WITH  INFORMATION  ABOUT  THE  CASE  CONTACT  THOMASTON  P.D. 

JUDGE RULES—COUNTY OF UPSON/CITY OF THOMASTON MUST ABIDE BY AUGUST 20 AGREEMENT ON LOST/JOINT PROJECTS

SENIOR  SUPERIOR  COURT  JUDGE  STEPHEN  BOSWELL  HAS  ISSUED  AN  INJUNCTION  IN  UPSON  SUPERIOR  COURT    THAT  THE  JOINT  AGREEMENT  ON  SERVICE  DELIVERY  STRATEGY  IS  VAID  DESPITE A  DECISION  OF  THE  GA.  SUPREME  COURT  IN  A  TURNER  COUNTY  CASE.

THE  UPSON  COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS  PULLED  OUT  OF  THE  AGREEMENT  AFTER  THE  HIGH  COURT  RULING , CITING   SEVERAL  ISSUES.

ATTORNEYS  FOR  THE  TWO  GOVERNMENTS  ARGUED  THEIR   POINTS  IN  A  FIVE  HOUR  HEARING  LAST  MONTH  IN  UPSON  SUPERIOR  COURT.