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Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart remains hospitalized in critical, but stable condition in the Intensive Care Unit of Atlanta Medical Center following a two-vehicle wreck Thursday afternoon. According to a press release issued Friday by Capt. Tony Ranieri, of the SCSO, Stewart’s family wished to thank the community for the outpouring of kindness following the […]

Spalding County Sheriff Dee Stewart was critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck just before 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon on Ga. Highway 19-41. “He (Stewart) came off of Moose Lodge Road into the path of another vehicle,” said Sgt. John Corbett, of the Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post. The point of impact was Stewart’s passenger side door and his […]

With plans moving forward to relocate the Griffin-Spalding County Airport, Joe Carroll, of THC Incorporated, recently addressed the city of Griffin and Spalding County boards of commissioners regarding the fate of residents who will be displaced in the process. According to Carroll, Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, which he […]

The lawsuit challenges HB 87, Georgia’s version of Arizona’s anti-immigrant legislation  ATLANTA, GEORGIA– Today, the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR) filed an Amicus brief in support of Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), et al. v. Deal, et al.,  the lawsuit challenging Georgia’s Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 (“HB 87”), which will take effect on […]

A Griffin woman, 19-year-old Ariel White, remains hospitalized with stab wounds sustained in an alleged domestic dispute Tuesday night. Personnel of the Griffin Police Department were dispatched to the call at 8:24 p.m. and arrived to find the victim had already been removed from the scene. “Officers responded to Fairmont Homes at 607 Haskell Ward […]

Three people were transported by ambulance for medical care Sunday following a head-on collision involving a First Assembly of God Church van and a Honda Accord. According to Trooper J.T. McMillan, of the Georgia State Patrol-Griffin Post, the incident occurred on Jordan Hill Road, in the vicinity of Sun City, as the bus was en […]

Editor’s Note: During layout, the second half of this story was mistakenly left out.  Read it in its entirety here:  The Spalding County Board of Commissioners June 6 meeting resulted in lengthy discussion of funding for the Griffin-Spalding County Airport, with the Airport Advisory Board requesting reinstatement of $98,319 to its fiscal year 2011 budget. […]

The Griffin Police Department will on Monday, June 13, will sponsor a Drug Awareness Seminar – the first in a series of educational programs – designed to provide parents with information regarding illicit and prescription drug abuse. Monday’s inaugural seminar will focus on the most common local street drugs including marijuana, crack cocaine and methamphetamine, […]