Griffin – The GRIP

First COVID-19 patient moved to state isolation camp in state park

March 10, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The COVID-19 Isolation Camp established in Hard Labor Creek State Park is now in use with a patient from Cherokee County. According to a statement released by Governor Brian Kemp, this action was taken as a precautionary measure “in accordance with the state’s strategic plan to prepare for any and all scenarios […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, GEMA, Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Governor Brian Kemp, Griffin, Hard Labor Creek State Park, health, illness, isolation camp, spalding county, Wellness

Griffin Area Concert Association presents The Maxwell Quartet

March 10, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The Maxwell Quartet, a Glasgow-based string quartet, is bringing the sounds and stories of bonnie Scotland to Griffin Auditorium, located at 234 E. Taylor St., at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. Presented by the Griffin Area Concert Association, the concert will feature Scottish folk music. The Maxwell Quartet consists of four friends […]

Filed Under: Arts and Entertainment, Top Stories Tagged With: Arts and Entertainment, community, concert, Griffin, Griffin Area Concert Association, music, performance, spalding county, The Maxwell Quartet

Kemp: Fayette County has presumptive positive COVID-19 patient

March 9, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: A Piedmont Fayette Hospital patient has tested presumptively positive for COVID-19 and officials are awaiting confirmatory testing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Fayette patient is among five new presumptive positive results. Those include one each in Cobb and Gwinnett counties and two in Dekalb County. These individuals are […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID-19, Fayette County, Georgia Department of Public Health, Governor Brian Kemp, Griffin, health, illness, spalding county, Wellness

Isolation camp for COVID-19 being established in Georgia state park

March 9, 2020 by Sheila Mathews 3 Comments

STAFF REPORT ::: Georgia officials have identified Hard Labor Creek State Park in Morgan County as a location for the isolation and monitoring of people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. According to a press release issued by the office of Governor Brian Kemp, he along with the Departments of Public Health, Public Safety […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, exposure, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Department of Public Safety, Governor Brian Kemp, Griffin, Hard Labor Creek State Park, isolation camp, spalding county

Kemp: Sources of infection unknown in four new presumptive positive COVID-19 cases

March 8, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: According to a statement released by the office of Governor Brian Kemp, four new presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in Georgia patients, and the Georgia Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmatory testing. Testing was completed today at the Georgia Public Health Laboratory and the results have been submitted […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID-19, Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Georgia Public Health Laboratory, Governor Brian Kemp, Griffin, health, spalding county, testing, Wellness

34 people on cruise ship off California coast to be quarantined in Georgia

March 8, 2020 by Sheila Mathews 3 Comments

STAFF REPORT ::: Dozens of passengers who have been onboard a cruise ship off the California coast will soon be in Georgia, where they will be quarantined and undergo testing for COVID-19, the illness caused by the latest strain of coronavirus. Governor Brian Kemp has announced that 34 Georgians will be transferred from that ship […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp, Grand Princess cruise ship, Griffin, quarantine, spalding county, testing

New Georgia cases of COVID-19 coronavirus diagnosed

March 7, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health reports additional cases of COVID-19 – the illness caused by the newest strain of coronavirus – in multiple counties. According to a press release issued Saturday, there have been “a number of developments overnight regarding COVID-19 in Georgia.” The DPH and Centers for Disease Control and […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID-19, diagnoses, Georgia Department of Community Health, Griffin, health care, illness, prevention, spalding county, Wellness

One killed, three injured in Friday night wreck

March 6, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: One person was killed and three others were injured in a wreck that occurred Friday evening in Pike County. The Pike County Sheriff’s Office responded to the wreck on Highway 362 at Williamson/Zebulon Road at 6:34 p.m. Investigators say a GMC Sierra was attempting to turn left onto Williamson/Zebulon Road when it […]

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: fatality, Griffin, Hollonville, Jenyvelisse Womack, Pike County, Pike County Sheriff's Office, spalding county, Traci Durham, wreck

Georgia officials awaiting CDC confirmation of third COVID-19 case

March 6, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health is awaiting confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a positive test on a third COVID-19 patient in the state, this time located in Floyd County. The initial testing was completed by the Georgia Public Health Laboratory on March 5. Centers for Disease […]

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GPD traffic stop leads to narcotics arrest

March 5, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: A Griffin man is in custody facing numerous narcotics related charges after a traffic stop conducted by the Griffin Police Department CAGE Unit. According to a press release issued by the GPD, an agent of the Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement Unit on Monday initiated a traffic stop, resulting in a man […]

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: arrest, CAGE Unit, Chief Mike Yates, crime, Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement Unit, Griffin, Griffin Police Department, Illya Omarc Hightower, narcotics, spalding county

Georgia officials confirm two cases of coronavirus COVID-19

March 2, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: Two cases of COVID-19, the respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus, have been confirmed in Georgia. Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey M.D. and other state officials confirmed the cases involving two Fulton County residents. Both live in the same household and one recently returned from […]

Filed Under: Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronavirus, COVID-19, Georgia, Georgia Department of Public Health, Griffin, respiratory illness, spalding county

Department of Public Health preps for potential Georgia coronavirus outbreak

February 28, 2020 by Sheila Mathews 2 Comments

STAFF REPORT ::: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is working closely with state partners and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare for a potential outbreak of the coronavirus identified as COVID-19 in the United States, including Georgia. The goal is to quickly identify cases of COVID-19 and take the appropriate […]

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Search for missing elderly woman continues; GBI issues Mattie’s Call

February 27, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The search for 84-year-old Willie Jo Greer, who has been missing since Monday, is ongoing. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has issued a Mattie’s Call for Greer, who is described as five feet five inches tall and weighing 150 pounds. She was last driving a green 2009 Kia Ronda. Maj. Dwayne […]

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: BOLO, dementia, elderly, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Griffin, Mattie's Call, missing person, spalding county, Spalding County Sheriff's Office, Willie Jo Greer

Former jailer who survived shooting again arrested for domestic violence

February 27, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Amanda Moore, the 34-year-old Spalding County woman and former deputy of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office who survived being shot in the head by her then 16-year-old daughter, has been arrested for domestic violence for the second time since that shooting. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ You can read about the domestic violence shooting incident […]

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GPD traffic stop results in three arrests on narcotics and weapons charges

February 26, 2020 by Sheila Mathews Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORT ::: A traffic stop conducted by the Griffin Police Department Special Investigation and Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement (CAGE) Unit resulted in the arrests of three and the seizure of narcotics and firearms. The initial traffic stop occurred Feb. 25, and led to the location of three grams of crack cocaine, 9.5 grams […]

Filed Under: Top Stories Tagged With: Chief Mike Yates, crime, Criminal Apprehension and Gang Enforcement Unit, criminal street gangs, Griffin, Griffin Police Department, narcotics, spalding county, Special Investigation Unit, weapons