Cronic’s White earns world-class tech designation from GM

The next time you go to Cronic Chevrolet’s service department, ask for Jimmy White and take a look at the patch on his shirt. After years of study and hard work in the classroom and the service bay, he is now a “World Class Technician,” which is the highest level of professional development that can […]

Help name Mr. Bluebird

A CHILDREN’S STORY BY BLUEBIRD CSA INTERN, SAMMY HATCHER I would like to start, first of all, by introducing myself to you all because my mother told me a long time ago that I should not talk to strangers, so I never do to this day! My name is Sammy. I’m an intern at Bluebird […]

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Gripons via text messaging coming soon.  Make sure you sign up by texting “Gripper” to 55958 so that you get Griffin area coupons delivered directly to your phone!

11-year-old “foodpreneur” Lizzie Marie Likness

Lizzie Marie Likness has some great life experiences under her belt: appearing on the Rachael Ray show, demonstrating cooking techniques in a Taste of Atlanta, and recently being featured in a CNN article entitled, “8 kid entrepreneurs to watch.” That’s right, “kid” entrepreneurs. Lizzie has been in the kitchen since age 2, when she helped […]

Lizzie Marie’s Recipes

In the last print edition of The Grip, we promised to share some of Lizzie Marie’s “Kid’s Box” recipes with you.  Every week this past summer, Bluebird CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) has been distributing “Kid’s Boxes” – boxes filled with fruits and veggies, stories and recipes just for kids to get them excited about eating […]

Sheriff remains hospitalized in critical condition following Thursday wreck

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 […]

Sheriff Dee Stewart critically injured in wreck

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 […]

Officials receive airport relocation report

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 […]

Amicus Brief filed in lawsuit challenging Georgia’s “show me your papers” law

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 […]

June Jam “Art of Recycling” Winners Announced

The City of Griffin central services department partnered with the Griffin police, fire and electric departments to bring this year’s June Jammers a Children’s Activity Area, held during the June Jam Marketplace on Saturday, June 11 from noon to 4 p.m. The activity area was a new addition to June Jam, as was having a […]

Tee off for Ta-Tas

The Griffin Country Club will host its second annual Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 25.  Two shotgun start tee times, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., are available. Mick Palmer, marketing director for the Griffin Country Club, says that last year’s event drew a very large crowd and about […]

GPD: Woman stabbed in domestic dispute

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 injured in head-on collision involving church van

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 […]

Airport Officials Request $98,319

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. […]

GPD to sponsor parental Drug Awareness Seminar

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, […]