Ringgold Grocery armed robbery suspect arrested
STAFF REPORT ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in the Nov. 18 armed robbery of Ringgold Grocery located at 4243 Jackson Road. The investigation, which has been ongoing, resulted in additional interviews this week that … Continue Reading
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Main Street Players presents “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)”
NORMA RICHARDSON ::: Special contributor to The GRIP You need go no farther than downtown Griffin to ring in the holiday season with a joyful, side-splitting production of “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)” presented by Main Street … Continue Reading
COMMUNITY NEWS
Heritage Park makes Georgia Trust’s 2020 list of state’s ten “Places in Peril”
STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation released today its 2020 list of 10 Places in Peril in the state. “This is the Trust’s fifteenth annual Places in Peril list,” said Mark C. McDonald, president and CEO of the Trust. “We … Continue Reading
Why support Relay For Life?
ANGIE J. LEWIS ::: SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE GRIP I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011. I left the doctor’s office in a stupor. I couldn’t even remember where I had parked. I sat in my truck and read the report over and over and over. The … Continue Reading
His life counted: Vietnam veteran laid to rest with full military honors
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Replete with a 21-gun salute, the emotionally haunting notes of "Taps" and the presentation of the United States flag on behalf of a grateful nation, Vietnam veteran Thomas Earl Cummings was on Thursday laid to rest with full … Continue Reading
