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SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Michael Bowman, the Griffin man accused of murdering Officer Kevin Jordan of the Griffin Police Department, has been bound over to stand trial in Spalding County Superior Court. Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Leigh Brooks, the lead investigator in Jordan’s murder, was on Tuesday afternoon the sole witness during a […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS The Spalding County Board of Commissioners has voted to enter into an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the city of Griffin and the Griffin-Spalding County Airport Authority that will allow the proposed new airport to move forward. Once the IGA has also been approved by the Griffin Board of Commissioners and the Airport […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office is continuing its search for an as-of-yet unidentified suspect that on Monday afternoon fled from deputies patrolling in the area of Teamon Road. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam, the subject, on whom the Sheriff’s Office has an active warrant, was spotted in the vicinity of Teamon […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A quick response by personnel of Griffin Fire-Rescue prevented a major fire at the city of Griffin’s welding and tire shop from becoming a catastrophic environmental incident. The fire was first reported at approximately 10 p.m. Tuesday night, and Battalion Chief Todd Wheeler oversaw the response of firefighters from two of […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The final unofficial results of Tuesday’s runoff races are in and with all Spalding County votes counted, Don Hawbaker has won the Spalding County Board of Commissioner’s District 5 race with 1,080 votes over Joe McIntyre’s 525. Other race results include: US Senator – R Kingston: 1,755 Perdue: 2,766 State School […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Spalding County Commission has tabled its vote on a referendum calling a general obligation bond that was to appear on the November general election ballot. Cited as the reason for postponing action on the bond was a potential alternate funding source. No specific details were provided regarding that funding source, […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Officials of the city of Griffin and Spalding County have received notification from Carla Sands, the Georgia Department of Transportation’s acting aviation director, that the Federal Aviation Authority has agreed to a proposal that will require $6.3 million local funding for the proposed new airport rather than the previous up-front cost […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, a law enforcement response witnessed by customers at Kroger Tuesday afternoon was not a serious incident. “There was a dispute in the county and the person involved appears to have gone to Kroger to report it,” Beam said. He explained that because the call […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: According to Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam, personnel of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office at 2:30 a.m. Sunday executed a search warrant at Mama’s County Showcase located at 2700 North Expressway that resulted in the arrests of three suspects on gambling related charges. “We had received complaints from concerned citizens based […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Michael Bowman, the man accused of killing Officer Kevin Jordan of the Griffin Police Department, has been discharged from Atlanta Medical Center and is now being held in the Clayton County Jail. Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Scott Ballard said Bowman appeared Thursday in Spalding County Magistrate Court, where he was […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department and the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a series of seven violent crimes that have occurred in only six days. According to Griffin Police Chief Steve Heaton, the city cases are suspected to be gang-related, and Spalding County Sheriff Wendell Beam has confirmed the two county […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Officer Sheldon Mayfield, of the Griffin Police Department, has been placed on leave following his Saturday night arrest on a drunken driving charge. According to Lt. Mike Richardson, who serves as the GPD’s public information officer, Mayfield will not return to active duty pending the conclusion of an open investigation. “He […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department today announced the arrests of 11 suspects in a recent series of entering auto cases. During the months of June and July, the Griffin Police Department (GPD) Criminal Investigations Division (CID) investigated several reports of entering autos in the Hillandale, Forest Hills and Cold Water Creek neighborhoods. […]
STAFF REPORTS ::: Japan-based packing and material company creates 80 jobs, invests $100 million in Spalding County Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Japan-based Toppan Printing Co. Ltd will create 80 jobs and invest $100 million into a new facility at The Lakes at Green Valley in Griffin, Georgia’s first eco-friendly park. “The economic impact […]
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Western Spalding County is once again the scene of severe weather damage, as trees and power lines have been downed in the vicinity of Highway 16 and Fairview Road. Spalding County Manager William Wilson said initial reports did not indicate damages to residences or businesses, but the full extent of damages […]
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