Critical elections will be held in 2012
1/24/2012
Election Superintendent Sadie Voyles and her staff are busy gearing up for a busy election year with the first contest just over a month away.
Grady County voters will go to the polls in the coming weeks to vote in the Presidential Preference Primary. Also on the ballot for the March 6 election will be a referendum on renewing the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) penny sales tax.
If approved by the voters, the penny sales tax will be levied for an additional six years and over the life of the tax the maximum amount to be collected would be $18,000,000.
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Archway chief is chamber’s keynote speaker
1/24/2012
The 86th annual meeting of the membership of the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday night at the Grady Cultural Center.
This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Mel Garber, the director of the University of Georgia Archway Partnership.
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Local woman killed in Florida crash
1/23/2012
A young Cairo woman was killed and a young Whigham man is in the hospital after a tragic car accident in Florida Sunday night.
Tori Lynn Lovett, 23, was driving a 2005 Cadillac CTS when it crashed in Taylor County, Fla., around 10:30 p.m., Sunday. Ms. Lovett died when she was ejected from the car.
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Grady General earns high marks from Georgia Hospital Association
1/24/2012
Georgia Hospital Association has given Grady General Hospital high marks for the care it provides its patients.
The hospital earned a top spot on the association's Partnership for Health and Accountability Core Measures Honor Roll, placing in the Chairman's category, which is the highest possible rating.
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Buy new appliances with interest free loan
9/27/2011
Cairo residents who may be in the market for some new appliances may want to investigate a new program being offered by the city.
The Cairo City Council voted unanimously Monday night to participate in the Main Street Energy Efficiency Financing Program through the Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia (MGAG).
MGAG has been awarded a $700,000 grant from federal funds that are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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