Griffin News

Motorcycle enthusiasts converged on the Griffin Buffalo's Saturday for the 11th annual Marie Ussery Toy Run.

The Griffin-Spalding County School System has earned an a oeaccredited with qualitya status from the Georgia Accrediting Commission , according to a news release.

Frenitra Akins and Phillip Lamar Holland, co-defendants arrested and charged with five drug-related offenses following the execution of a search warrant by the Griffin Police Department, appeared this week for a preliminary hearing.

From the Annals of 1909 One of the largest and most beautiful events of the summer season was the garden party given by Miss Aleene Newton in honor of her house guests, Miss Eula Lee Converse and Miss Ruth Converse, of Valdosta, and Miss Kathleen Golden of Columbus.

Today will be the last day those interested in purchasing livestock will be able to view a cow, a male pig and a male horse the county intends to auction off.

Randall Robert Jackson, of Griffin, who is accused of being party to the crime of sale of a Schedule IV controlled substance - a felony - faced Spalding County Chief Magistrate Judge Rita Cavanaugh for a preliminary hearing Tuesday morning.

Two Macon men have been indicted on charges that they locked a 14-year-old girl in a house in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood and forced her to have sex with up to 15 people.

From the Annals of 1909 Mrs. J.A. Stewart, John D. Stewart, Stewart Taylor, Mrs.

Personnel from the Spalding County Fire Department, Griffin Fire-Rescue, the Spalding County Sheriffa s Office, the Georgia State Patrol and Spalding Regional Medical Center Emergency Medical Services responded to a Tuesday afternoon wreck at the intersection of Georgia Highway 3 and Moose Lodge Road.

Moore Elementary School will celebrate its 60th birthday on Thursday with a program that starts at 1 p.m. in the schoola s gymnasium.

Griffin Mayor Dick Morrow prepares to cut the ribbon at Monday's inauguration of Griffin's regional recycling hub.

From the Annals of 1909 Talk about financiers. The Monroe Advisor said the finest in the world were the wives of the men earning $1.50 a day, who raise, feed, clothe and educate anywhere from four to 10 children on it.

From the Annals of 1909 Mrs. Julius Gresham was the delightful hostess at an afternoon party.

Officers of the Griffin Police Department responded to a call from the emergency room staff at Spalding Regional Medical Center in Griffin at about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday regarding a person seeking treatment for a gunshot wound to his left thigh.

From the Annals of 1909 M.L. Connor resigned his place as bailiff and accepted a position at Englisha s pool room.

Jimmy Anton Daniel Jr., of Griffin, has bound over for trial in Spalding County Superior Court on several drug-related charges.

A pickup truck struck the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Griffin Wednesday evening. Patrolman R. Bryan Jones of the Griffin Police Department said four people who were in the pickup were taken to Spalding Regional Medical Center.

Well-known pilot, airshow performer and owner of a popular airshow DC-3, Dan Gryder was arrested Wednesday in Griffin, GA.

Griffin police officer Chad Moxon, a Lamar County resident, has offered a $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those who kidnapped and killed his partner Jimmy.

A Paulding County man, 56-year-old William Britt, was killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle wreck on Georgia Highway 92.