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SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Originally printed in the September 12, 2013 edition of The Grip. Two children prepared for school on Tuesday, Sept. 3 by purposefully packing knives to take with them. Both were 12-year-old Griffin-Spalding students and were later caught with the knives, but the similarities of their situations end there. One incident occurred […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin Judicial District Attorney Scott Ballard is facing a dilemma plaguing prosecutors statewide – the possibility of convicted felons being included in the pool from which trial and grand jurors are selected. According to Ballard, this situation is the result of a legislative change that widened the pool from which jurors […]
FROM STAFF REPORTS::: The Spalding GOP Independence Day Low Country Boil will be held this weekend, Saturday, July 13 at 6 to 9:00 p.m. It will be held at the Bailey-Tebault House in Griffin, located at 633 Meriwether Street. Purchase tickets online at www.spaldinggop.com or at the door. If you already know you will purchase your tickets […]
JESSICA GREGORY::: Now that the Airport Authority has received a FONSI (Finding of No Significant Impact) certificate for the land in and around the new airport site off Jackscon Road from the Environmental Protection Agency, it is officially ready to move forward with land acquisition. Though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will fund 90 percent […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS::: The Griffin Police Department has implemented a new aspect to its Uniform Patrol Division in the form of a Bicycle Patrol. Comprised of eight officers, including two from each of the four shifts, the unit will initially patrol the downtown district, also known as Zone 5. According to Patrolman Larry Wright, who […]
ALEXANDER CAIN::: The City of Griffin is calling for residents to get involved in the preservation and enhancement of the local environment through the formation of an environmental council, according to James Moore, Deputy Director of the Stormwater Utility Department with the City of Griffin. “As of right now, anybody who is interested can fill […]
With reports of violent crime appearing to come from every place, even those once thought to be safe, such as schools and churches, many people find themselves wondering what they would do if faced with such a life threatening situation; would they be prepared with the knowledge and skill set necessary to defend themselves if […]
SHEILA MARSHALL ::: Much effort is being made to address substandard and blighted housing in the city of Griffin, but officials want to do more than focus on the negative; they also want to celebrate what is good in the community. The Gorgeous Griffin initiative, which will run from May through October, seeks to do […]
Griffinites expressing sentiments ranging from outrage to disbelief, sadness to pessimism spread across social media on March 20 regarding an 11Alive news footage reporting that “one cannot find a less healthy county than Spalding.” The report used statistics and ranking complied by the University of Wisconsin (UW) and the Robert Wood Johson Foundation, highlighting a […]
FROM STAFF REPORTS ::: The University of Georgia Griffin Campus invites you to the Impact Speaker Series featuring author Dr. James B. Hunt. Spend an hour going back in time as Hunt reflects on legendary American conservationist John Muir and his walk through the south during the Post-Civil War and Reconstruction era of the South. […]
JESSICA GREGORY ::: We’ve started seeing some social media posts about how Obama signed away First Amendment rights with the passage of HR Bill 347. After looking into it, we realized HR Bill 347 was passed last Feb. 29 2012, and that experts disagree on how the bill affects free speech. HR 347 is actually […]
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