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2 days ago | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tessa Maguire |Courtney Dunn |Trentham Furness |Andrew Carroll
1 Introduction Despite mental health services reform and the introduction of various preventative strategies, aggression remains a ubiquitous problem in mental health services (Parakkal Kurian et al. 2023). While all staff play a role in the prevention and management of aggression, mental health nurses' role is significant (Maguire et al. 2023) and they are more commonly exposed to aggression, in various forms (e.g., verbal and physical), than other staff.
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1 week ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
Upson-Lee High School wrestling standout Damari Kenan is scheduled to put pen to paper and sign to a college on April 18 in the ULHS Media Center. Kenan has been a stalwart member of both the wrestling and football teams during his career at ULHS. Affectionately known as “The Stump,” he has been a key piece of the U-L defensive line for the past two seasons. He also has been a focal point of the ULHS wrestling team in the 215-pound weight class.
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1 week ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
Thomaston and Upson County were well represented at the Doc Holliday Shootout Pickleball Tournament in Griffin April 4-5 at Wyomia Tyus Olympic Park. Bruce Dunaway and Austin Bailey led the way for Upson with the pair scoring gold in the 4.5 level men’s doubles. Dunaway and Bailey compete at the level just shy of the professional level. Randy Oglesbee and Frank Steger won gold at the 3.5 level, men’s doubles, 70-plus division.
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2 weeks ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
The Upson-Lee Middle School golf program officially moved its final match of the season to Calloway Gardens. No longer practicing at the local golf course, ULMS moved practices behind the school in the grass football field between the school and civic center. The final match of the season for ULMS golf is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15 at Callaway Gardens against Harris County.
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4 weeks ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
Upson-Lee broke into the region win column this week in convincing fashion as the Knights swept the Fayette County Tigers in two games. U-L bested the Tigers 6-2 on Thursday in Fayetteville and run-ruled the Tigers 13-3 in six innings on Friday at Silvertown. Both games featured a common theme for this season for U-L - hot starts. The Knights scored three runs in the first inning on Thursday, and 10 runs in the first on Friday.
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4 weeks ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
The Thomaston-Upson Recreation Department’s Home Plate Chili Dogs partnership is already paying dividends, with the 8U travel baseball team scoring its first tournament victory last weekend. The team traveled to Jackson’s Daughtry Park to compete in the Win the Rings Mega Ring Event tournament. Opening day did not go as expected for the Chili Dogs, who dropped two games on Saturday, putting the team into the silver bracket for Sunday’s matchup.
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1 month ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
A baker’s dozen of concerned parents and students approached Thomaston-Upson Board of Education during the March 11 meeting after it was revealed that the Gideons were no longer allowed at Upson-Lee schools. The decision to remove access to the Gideons follows a lawsuit threatened by Freedom from Religion Foundation via a letter to the board and Superintendent Dr. Larry Derico. Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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1 month ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
Despite having leads in both games against Sandy Creek last week, Upson-Lee was unable to close both games, dropping the two-game series to the Patriots in gut-wrenching fashion. Game one set the tone for the series with the Knights leading 8-3 by the middle of the fourth inning, only to drop the game, 12-9 in Tyrone. U-L lost outfielder and second in the batting rotation, JT Reeves, to injury. Reeves scored the first run of the game for the Knights and was driven in by Drake Dyer.
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1 month ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
During the called meeting on March 4, Thomaston-Upson Board of Education members approved an amendment to increase the 2024-25 budget $360,560 for a proposed “safety initiative.”According to Superintendent Dr. Larry Derico, roughly 74 percent of funding for the initiative is to be reimbursed with safety grants from the State of Georgia. The initiative will bolster school safety at all T-U school facilities, including the alternative school, Pre-K, and the fine arts center, Derico said.
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1 month ago | 
upsonbeacon.com | Andrew Carroll
Thomaston-Upson Recreation Department Director Bryan Kelley is no stranger to athletics. Since taking over the recreation department, numbers and programs at the department have spiked. But Kelley, himself, is an active participant. Kelley is an avid runner and in February, Kelley took on one of the toughest races in the United States. Kelley completed the Black Canyon Ultras 100K, presented by Hoka, in Mayer, Ariz. on Feb. 8.
