Brightmoor residents, staff fighting COVID-19
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Brightmoor Nursing Center Chief Executive Officer Penny Griffin spoke out Saturday evening to offer reassurance to family members, friends and the community regarding the COVID-19...
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Inconsistent DPH COVID-19 data raises questions
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The GRIP has reached out to the Georgia Department of Public Health seeking clarification regarding significant inconsistencies in its COVID-19 data. The state DPH website has...
View ArticleKemp outlines plan to reopen Georgia beginning Friday
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Governor Brian Kemp today announced that his executive order requiring Georgia residents to shelter-at-home will be allowed to expire on April 30, his Public Health State of...
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BoE approves appointment of new Griffin High principal
Photo courtesy of the Griffin-Spalding County School System STAFF REPORT ::: The Griffin-Spalding County Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the appointment of Dr. Buford Tyrone Kellogg as...
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Multi-jurisdictional narcotics operation nets three arrests
Photo courtesy of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation STAFF REPORT ::: A cooperative operation involving many law enforcement agencies from numerous jurisdictions resulted in the arrest of three men on...
View ArticleCity of Griffin establishes COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force
STAFF REPORT ::: The city of Griffin has established a COVID-19 Task Force to enforce Governor Brian Kemp’s “Reviving a Healthy Georgia” executive order that permits many businesses to reopen. Kemp’s...
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Hide and watch
By DR. BOB HAYDEN Editorial columnist for The GRIP “Hide and watch” is what we have been doing since the beginning of the COVID-19 lock down. It has been little comfort to realize we are “all in this...
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GPD: Man beaten in head with hammer; brother arrested for aggravated assault
STAFF REPORT ::: A Griffin man has been charged with aggravated assault after allegedly attacking his brother with a hammer at their 804 N.8th St. residence. According to the Griffin Police Department,...
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Shelter-at-home order for most Georgians expires tonight, but for some, was...
STAFF REPORT ::: The shelter-in-place order covering Georgia residents will expire tonight at 11:59 p.m., but Governor Brian Kemp announced today he has extended that order for some individuals. Kemp...
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Traditional graduation ceremonies will be held for Griffin-Spalding Class of...
STAFF REPORT ::: Traditional graduation ceremonies for the Griffin-Spalding Class of 2020 will be held June 25 and 26. The announcement made Wednesday by Griffin-Spalding County School System...
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Ben Miller appointed to fill Superior Court judgeship vacated by Mack Crawford
STAFF REPORT ::: Ben Miller Jr. has been appointed to serve as a Superior Court judge in the Griffin Judicial Circuit. Miller’s appointment by Governor Brian Kemp will fill the judicial vacancy created...
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County lawn waste container erroneously removed; will be returned to Carver...
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Spalding County residents will soon be able to resume disposing of yard waste at the Carver Road refuse collection center. The container designated for that use was erroneously...
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BoE approves appointment of school system chief financial officer
Photo courtesy of the Griffin-Spalding County School System STAFF REPORT ::: Byron Jones has been appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of the Griffin-Spalding County School System. His...
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City manager stands behind Griffin’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: Griffin City Manager Kenny Smith stands firmly behind the officers assigned to the city’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force. Despite online complaints by some local business owners...
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Griffin PD investigating shooting of juvenile
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A juvenile was shot Saturday evening in an incident on Hammock Street. Officers at 7:41 responded to a call at 608 Hammock St., and the GPD Criminal Investigation Division remains...
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12-year-old Griffin boy killed in shooting
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: A 12-year-old Griffin boy has died after being stuck by gunfire in a Saturday night shooting. The Griffin Police Department responded to a call involving a juvenile shot at 7:41...
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GPD: Accidental shooting not ruled out in death of 12-year-old boy
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The shooting death of a 12-year-old boy remains under investigation by the Griffin Police Department. The boy was killed Saturday night in the 600 block of Hammock Drive. GPD...
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GPD: 12-year-old accidentally shot and killed by five-year-old brother
SHEILA A. MATHEWS ::: The Griffin Police Department has determined the 12-year-old boy who was killed by gunfire Saturday night was shot by his five-year-old brother. The young boy, who sustained a...
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Teen seriously wounded in Sunday shooting airlifted to Atlanta trauma unit
STAFF REPORT ::: Two people were injured – one seriously – in a shooting Sunday afternoon on Kentucky Avenue. Officers of the Griffin Police Department responded to the call at approximately 1:30 p.m....
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Third shooting in three days leaves two Griffin homes riddled with bullets
STAFF REPORT ::: A third shooting in as many days left two Griffin homes damaged by gunfire. A family including two children was home when one of the residences was struck. Officers of the Griffin...
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