Griffin Water Department holds meeting to answer questions in relation to 2...
The Griffin Water Department as well as the Griffin Police Department are investigating high levels of 2 two chemicals found in sewer water that are related to methamphetamine. The Chemicals...
View ArticleOld Cannon Ball Found to still be live ordance from decadess before World War I.
In Barnesville a bomb disposal unit from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was in Barnesville Thursday morning after a local man expressed concern that an old cannonball might be live. John Gilbert...
View ArticleGriffin City Commissiners to meet Tuesday night.
The Griffin City Commissioners will meet January 27th In the Meeting room at 100 South Hill Street. During the meeting the Commissioners will recognize Butch Richardson, with the Water Department, as...
View ArticleFormer Griffin Mayor Ryan McLemore Receives Certificate from GMA.
McLemore Receives Training Certificate Griffin Mayor Ryan McLemore received the prestigious Certificate of Recognition from the Georgia Municipal Training Institute at the Georgia Municipal...
View ArticleLamar County Man found guilty for murdering a 9 year old Lamar County Girl.
SPALDING COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT A Lamar County man, Shane Clifton Collett age 42 has been sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole plus 10 years for killing Skylar Dials, who was his...
View ArticleLamar County and Gordon State College student killed on Morgan Dairy Road.
A Lama County resident was killed and two other individuals were injured early Saturday Morning about 3:30 AM in a one vehicle accident on Morgan Dairy Road in Lamar County. Investigators indicated...
View ArticleSpalding Commissioners met Monday night February 2nd.
SPALDNG COMMISSIONERS MEETING The Spalding County Commissioners met Monday night at 6 pm at the courthouse annex meeting room. During the meeting the Commissioners approved a Proclamation celebrating...
View ArticlePrincipals anounced by Board of Education for 2015-16.
The Griffin Spalding Board of Education has announced at the February meeting, Appointed of principals for the 2015-16 school year, effective July 1. School Principal Anne Street Elementary Rachelle...
View ArticleTelephone scam reported by Sheriff Wendell Beam
Sheriff Wendell Beam reminds all area residents that Spalding County citizens are continuing to receive phone calls from people identifying themselves as members of the Spalding County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleFormer Coach Eddie Payne selected as partime Griffin School System Athletic...
Coach Eddie Payne joins Griffin-Spalding County School System (GSCS) as the system’s part-time athletic director. He has over 37 years of experience in high school athletics. Payne will be responsible...
View ArticleA large home in Barnesville Destroyed by fire.
A home built in 1888 in Barnesville destroyed by Fire. The home was located on Atlanta Street. Fire Fighters were called to thescene on Wednesday morning where firefighters foiund the home fully...
View ArticleHannah Ard of Rock Springs Christain Academy awarded a $50.00 check for her...
Hannah Ard has been awarded the LiveOn award for the Rock Springs Christian Academy science fair. This award includes a $50 check and is given to the project that receives the highest score at the...
View ArticleSusan Egan to Perform at the Auditorium in Griffin, Ga. on February 5, 2015
Susan Egan to Perform at the Auditorium in Griffin, Ga. on February 5, 2015 Live On Stage, Inc. and the Griffin Area Concert Association announce “high-voltage performer” as part of their 2014 –...
View ArticleGriffin Police asking for Citizens help identifying this suspect for armed...
The Griffin Police Department is seeking your help in identifying the above suspect. On January 12, 2014 at approximately 10:45pm the above pictured suspect entered the Shell Gas station located...
View ArticleSheriff Wendell Beam has advised WKEU news that three individuals have been...
Sheriff Wendell Beam has advised WKEU news that a six month investigation into the possession and sale of illegal drugs concluded on January 26, 2015 with the arrests of three people. The...
View ArticleThe Griffin branch of the NAACP to hold information meeeting about eSPLOST.
The Griffin Branch NAACP will open to the public its regular membership meeting on Saturday morning, Feb. 7 at the Eighth Street Baptist Church at 9:30. This is an effort to support the...
View ArticleA Barnesville Man arrested following a high speed chase in Lamar County on...
The crash scene on Silver Dollar Road. Inset are Corley’s corrections department mugshot and one of dozens of brand new hats Corley had with him in his Camaro. Photo Courtesy of Walter Geiger and...
View ArticleJamarris Williams was in Lamar County Suerior Court on Wednesday where he...
Jamarris Williams enters the courtroom Tuesday before his guilty plea. Behind him is Capt. David Knight of the LCSO. (Photo: Walter Geiger) Jamarris Williams was in Lamar Couinty supeior Court on...
View ArticleMan found dead in a trailer at Orchard HIll Trailer Park. Coroner Foster...
About 11:30 Friday Morning units of the Spalding Sheriffs Department, Spalding Coroner Sonny Foster, and Spalding Regional EMS were called to the Orchard Hill Trailer park on Macon Road to a...
View ArticleGriffin Citiy Commissioners to meet Tuesday Night at 100 South HIll
The Commissioners will consider a Joint Proclamation declaring the week of February 16-20, 2015 to be “Small Business Week.” And Consider Proclamation declaring February 20, 2015 to be “Arbor Day...
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