Devoursney Resignation Open Records Report

May 2, 2014 by 1 Comment

The Grip has received numerous requests to upload the open records report we received from the Griffin-Spalding County School system regarding the allegations and investigation of grade changing and illegal recruiting by Griffin High School coach Steve Devoursney and teacher Jessica Devoursney. The documents we obtained appear below in full:

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Board of Education enters executive session

April 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment

SHEILA MATHEWS ::: Members of the Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education called its special called meeting to order promptly at 3 p.m. and following the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, immediately entered executive session. Personnel issues are one of few reasons elected boards may privately confer without public and media scrutiny. Today’s meeting was called […]

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School Board will meet to review DeVoursneys’ resignations

April 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORTS ::: The Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education will on April 10 meet to consider the resignation of Coach Steve DeVoursney, effective at the end of the current school year. An investigation began in October 2013 after allegations of an issue from the 2010-11 school year. The investigation began with the school system hiring […]

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Monday night drive-by shooting marks third in three weeks

January 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Sheila A. Mathews ::: Investigators with the Griffin Police Department are following up on leads from Monday night’s drive-by shooting that resulted in one man being critically injured. According to Lt. Mike Richardson, the victim, who is not being identified, is described as a black male in his early 30s. He sustained four gunshot wounds […]

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Joint county, city RICO investigation nets 24 drug-related arrests

December 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment

STAFF REPORTS ::: A joint four-month investigation of the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office(SCSO) Special Operations Unit and the Griffin Police Department’s (GPD) Special Investigation Unit spanned five states – Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama – resulted in the arrest of 24 individuals on a variety of drug-related and other charges and the […]

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Sheriff’s Office searching for missing Spalding County woman

August 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment

By Sheila A. Mathews::: Editor The Spalding County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing Griffin resident, 45-year-old Juleen Adkins. Authorities say Adkins vehicle was found abandoned in the parking lot of Midway United Methodist Church located at 2517 High Falls Road. The missing woman is not a member of that […]

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