Georgia School Superintendent Dr. John Barge on Thursday announced that the Griffin-Spalding County School System has been designated a Title I Distinguished District. Title I schools have significant populations of students who are economically disadvantaged. These schools receive federal money to assist with the education of their students. The state of Georgia has 824 schools […]

The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating what appears to be an accidental death of Dennis Martin Williams 46 years old of Griffin which occurred on Saturday morning 24 December 2011. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam officers were notified by family members of Williams that he had been missing for about 2 days and […]

According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, 36-year-old Joshua Akins, a Spalding High School teacher, has been arrested and charged with simple battery following a Dec. 1 incident involving a 15-year-old female student. Authorities say the student initially filed a complaint of inappropriate conduct with the school principal alleging Akins had hit her with a bottle […]

Tony Lamar Parks, 21, the third and final suspect being sought in connection to a Dec. 3 undercover crack cocaine buy bust operation in the Lowe’s parking lot that resulted in an attempted armed robbery and aggravated assault on police officers is now in custody. According to Sgt. Richard Phillips, of the Griffin Police Department […]

Agents of the Griffin Police Department continue to search for one remaining suspect of a Thursday armed robbery that occurred in the Lowe’s parking lot. According to GPD officials, agents of the Special Investigation Unit, with the assistance of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and an agent of the Pike County Sheriff’s Office, conducted a […]

The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into the Thursday shooting of an as-of-yet unidentified woman in the Garden Gate Apartment complex off Futral Road. Authorities responded to the scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. after receiving a call referencing a person having been shot. Upon their arrival, deputies discovered an apartment unit riddled with […]

Two Griffin Board of Commission members – Joanne Todd, representing District 4 and Doug Hollberg, representing the city at-large – were on Tuesday reelected to serve another term while a third incumbent, Will Evans, was unseated by Cora Flowers, who will now represent District 2. Also carried by voters were two questions on the ballot […]

Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam announced an operation was undertaken that targeted registered Sex Offenders located in Spalding County. Beam stated that there are currently 170 Sex Offenders within Spalding County with most being on probation and or parole. A joint operation conducted by the SCSO Criminal Investigation Division, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and […]

According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, Roley Gabriel Faubion, an inmate of the Spalding County Correctional Institute who escaped from an Oct. 18 work detail, has been apprehended. Faubion had been part of a crew cutting the grass in a field behind the Spalding County Fire Department’s Carver Road headquarters when guards noted he […]

Maj. Wendell Beam will soon have a new title – Spalding County sheriff – as he has been declared the unofficial winner of the Tuesday runoff against Capt. Keith Duncan. Beam received a resounding 67.03 percent of the votes cast, or 4,644, to Duncan’s 2,284. A mere 21.22 percent of registered voters cast a ballot in […]

Sheila Marshall, Staff Writer Law enforcement officials are currently seeking to apprehend 29-year-old former Winder resident Roley Gabriel Faubion, an inmate of the Spalding County Correctional Institution who escaped from a work detail Tuesday morning. Faubion was a member of a work crew assigned to clear a field behind the Spalding County Fire Department headquarters located […]

 The Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) has recognized the Griffin-Spalding Development Authority for an “outstanding achievement in the location/expansion of business in Georgia.” Griffin-Spalding County was recognized because of the Caterpillar project that was recently announced locally. The project will create over 200 new jobs and preserve over 600 jobs, as well as generating $120 […]