>Janie Clark, of 535 Pineridge Road, Griffin, was hit while crossing Taylor Street from Tiger Lily, her place of work, to get to her car on Tuesday, October 26. “The light was red on the Taylor Street side,” said Clark. “The turn signal had not even turned green. I was walking across, and he hit […]

>The Tiger Lily will host their fall open house on Thursday, November 4 and Friday November 5 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The Tiger Lily advertisement in the last issue of THE PAPER had the dates November 5 and 6, but The Tiger Lily will not be open on Saturdays until […]

>Visitors to the Fox 5 website voted the Griffin Bears as the High 5 Sports Team of the Week for October 28. Each week, Fox 5 personnel selects five high school sports teams to nominate for consideration as “Team of the Week” from high schools within Fox 5’s 55-county viewing area. These five teams are […]

>From myfoxatlanta.com http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/local_news/Spalding-County-Firefighter-Alleged-to-Have-Taken-Video-of-Dead-Victim-20101018-am-sd

>At approximately 8:45 p.m. in the Spalding County Courthouse Annex, after hearing pleas from both T-Mobile representatives and long-time residents opposed to the cell phone carrier’s request to erect a 138-foot tall cell phone tower in the area of S. Sixth St. and Maddox Rd., the Spalding County Board of Appeals has motioned to table […]

> DirtMcGirt wrote on Saturday, Oct 09 at 12:39 AM »   Wake up people! The Calvinists, who worship Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes, are cooking delicous corndogs at the fair this week to fatten up our women. Then they will be unable to resist the weight loss promises of the Zumba classes in the […]

>It’s not a play, it’s the haunted theatre that bedazzled and scared scores of kids and adults last fall.  This year “The Haunted Theatre” returns to Hill Street with a new craving to make the hair on your back stand up straight.  It’s loud, it’s dark, and it’s very scary.  It’s not for the faint […]

>The Griffin-Spalding County School System learned around noon today that Griffin High School student Michael Hollis had passed away at Spalding Regional Hospital. Michael had just performed with the GHS drum line at Orrs Elementary School as part of its character day celebration when he became ill. Superintendent Dr. Curtis Jones said, “This hurts. I […]

> By Sharon DowdyUniversity of Georgia For years, University of Georgia plant breeder Scott NeSmith has created new blueberry varieties for the commercial market. Now, he has bred one just for home gardeners. Blue Suede is a Southern highbush blueberry for edible home landscapes, said Nesmith, a horticulturist with the UGA College of Agricultural and […]

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