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City OKs water agreement with county
by Ray Lightner
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The current water sales agreement between Griffin, Spalding County and the Spalding County Water and Sewerage Facilities Authority expires in 2020. Both sides have been looking for an extended ag...
Griffin OKs more money for the airport
by Ray Lightner
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The City of Griffin approved almost a quarter million dollars for the Griffin-Spalding Airport this fiscal year. The $225,600 in for the airport’s operating budget is to buy more fuel. Airport Di...
Griffin Police Department earns third national accreditation
by Ray Lightner
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The Griffin Police Department has earned national and international certification. At last Tuesday’s meeting the city commissioners recognized the department and certification manager Eddie Bogan ...

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    Jags place fourth at state
    by JOHN SULLIVAN, Sports Editor — jsullivan@griffindailynews.com
    May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
    DALTON — Sophomore Tye Waller shot a 1-over 37-36—73 and junior Parker Plageman added a 2-over 38-36—74 to lead the Spalding High golf team to a co-fourth place finish at the Class AAAA state golf ...
    Jags scrimmage in the rain; Plenty of bright spots emerge on both sides of ball (W/ SLIDE SHOW)
    by JOHN SULLIVAN, Sports Editor — jsullivan@griffindailynews.com
    May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
    Despite early morning rain, the Spalding High football team held its annual Navy and Silver spring scrimmage Saturday in front of a few hundred fans at the SHS practice field. “It was more of a co...
    Passmore, Parks lead Green past Gold (W/ SLIDE SHOW)
    by JEFF ARMSTRONG, Assistant Sports Editor; jeff@griffindailynews.com
    May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
    Griffin Lady Bears soccer player Abby Passmore kicked a field goal and an extra point and quarterback Jaquez Parks scored a rushing touchdown to give the Green team a 10-7 victory over the Gold tea...

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    Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home one day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, OklahomaBy Ian Simpson and Alice Mannette MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - Rescue workers with sniffer dogs and searchlights picked through the wreckage of a massive tornado to ensure no survivors remained buried in the rubble of primary schools, houses and buildings in an Oklahoma City suburb. The massive tornado on Monday afternoon flattened entire blocks of the town, killed at least 24 people and injured about 240 in Moore, Oklahoma. ...


    Wed May 22 08:23:32 UTC 2013

    FBI Agent Kills Man After Questioning Him About the Boston Marathon BombingBy Barbara Liston and Mark Hosenball ORLANDO, Fla./WASHINGTON. (Reuters) - An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man who turned violent while being questioned about the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, the bureau said. A friend of the dead man told the Orlando Sentinel and Orlando television stations that he was 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev of Orlando, a Chechen who had previously lived in Boston. Two brothers identified by the FBI as suspects in the April 15 bombings were also ethnic Chechens with roots in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region. ...


    Wed May 22 10:29:28 UTC 2013

    U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner pauses as he announces that he will resign from the United States House of Representatives during a news conference in Brooklyn, New YorkBy Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. "I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons," Weiner said in the video. "I'm running because I've been fighting for the middle class and those struggling to make it my entire life. ...


    Wed May 22 09:45:06 UTC 2013
    Rescuers scouring the devastation after a huge tornado tore through Moore, Okla., on Monday tweeted a photo of one furry find that has since since gone around the Web. The image has already received over 50,00 "likes" on Facebook. The Oklahoma County Sheriff's office posted the photo with the description, “Scared, but this little pup [...]
    Wed May 22 10:25:04 UTC 2013
    MOORE, Okla.—Southwest 4th Street used to be known as one of the busiest cruising strips in this growing suburb of Oklahoma City, a street where teenagers for decades killed time just driving around in loops with their friends. It was a tradition that began long before the population boom that fueled the rapid construction of [...]
    Wed May 22 09:57:52 UTC 2013
    An unidentified FBI agent shot and killed a man in Orlando, Fla., early Wednesday after questioning him about his link to the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. Dave Couvertier, a special agent and spokesman for the FBI's Tampa field office, told Yahoo News that the shooting is under investigation. He identified the man as Ibragim Todashev, [...]
    Wed May 22 09:44:58 UTC 2013

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