The GRIP

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, […]

Grand re-opening of Dit’s Market tomorrow. Gas will be $3.50.9 per gallon beginning at 9 a.m. until it runs out! Come on out for a bargain at 2662 High Falls Road. Oscar Gresham and Nancy Gresham, owners, will be grilling hamburgers and hotdogs and will have cateloupes and watermelons fresh from Cordele, Georgia. Melons will […]

Visit new owners John and Carol Carlisle for an Open House today at the Old Coca-Cola Building from 4-6pm. The Coke Building is located at 410 East Taylor Street. If you haven’t seen it in a while, you will be in for a pleasant surprise!

The Spalding County Sheriff’s Department, Griffin Police Department, Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, Pike County Sheriff’s Department and the Henry County Police Department have been plagued with numerous reports coming in about tail gates from pick up trucks being stolen according to Sheriff Stewart.  Investigators have been working hard on recovering the stolen property and conducted […]

Press Release, Griffin Police Dept.:  On Thursday May 26, 2011 at 6:10 A.M. the Griffin Police Department responded to a report of a person standing on the ledge of the Highway 16 Bridge and 19/41. Officers located 53 year old Stephen Turner with a steel cable around his neck attached to the bridge. LT’s Darrel […]

The Spalding County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 (Gardner and Gilreath dissenting) to relocate Georgia Highway 155 down North McDonough Road.