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By Sheila A. Marshall Managing Editor Javarious Leondre Verdell, the 18-year-old suspect in the Feb. 2 murder of Ivan Matthew Sierra, has been denied bond and will remain in the Spalding County Jail pending trial. Officials of the Griffin Police Department say the incident stemmed from a fight at a Friday night party. Verdell and […]
When Griffinite photographer Elizabeth Stacy participated in the 100 Hour Film Race as a camera operator, she made some film industry connections. Approximately one month later she assembled a cast and crew, some of which she had just worked with on the film race, to produce and develop her first independent film “Parallax”. Last October, […]
Several years ago, a Griffin man became a “social entrepreneur” after being laid off as an intern architect. Brian Keith Miller began interactive workshops for children with three goals: emphasize the importance of making powerful positive choices, dispel stereotypical views of success, and demonstrate the effect of one’s actions. Less than a year later, he […]
By Sheila A. Marshall Staff Writer Spalding County authorities say they believe 40-year-old Shane Clifton Collett acted alone in connection to the death of nine-year-old Skylar Dials, whose body was found some ten hours after she was first reported missing. Sheriff Wendell Beam said his office was first alerted to the young girl’s disappearance at […]
International award-winning pianist Yana Reznik will perform with her signature passion and “sterling clarity” (Los Angeles Times) at the First United Methodist Church, 1401 Maple Drive, Griffin, Georgia, on Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 2:30pm. Single tickets for this performance are $20.00, with all children admitted free when accompanying a paid adult. A special group […]
As of October 1, Spalding County has a Ferst Foundation chapter that will work to provide free books to children under the age of five. “We started the Spalding County Chapter of the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy because we concerned with the number of children entering Pre-K and kindergarten in Spalding County with poor […]
Norma Richardson, director of Main Street Players, wants help in telling Griffin’s story. She says for years, she has thought about producing a folk-life performance piece that weaves the stories of individuals’ lives into a performance piece about Griffin. “We’ve all got lots of stories,” Richardson said. “I’m inclined to take it to a heritage […]
Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCSS) administrators say steps have been taken to both notify parents of Kennedy Road Middle School students whose grades are believed to have been changed during the tenure of Dr. Brenda Ford, the school’s former principal, as well as to put measures in place to offer those students additional assistance. Superintendent […]
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