The Grady County Board of Education has placed several new policies on the table for public inspection prior to adopting them at the July board meeting. The proposed new policies are necessary to bring the local school district’s policies in compliance with state law. One of the policies up for a vote next month will…

In the last six months as the free COVID-19 vaccine has become more readily available, there is still less than seven percent of the Grady County population that is fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Of the 24,540 Grady County residents, only 1,649 of us have gotten either both of the two-shot…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigations and local law enforcement are continuing their probe into the May 10 shooting death of Derrick Herring of Cairo. Jamy Steinberg, G.B.I. special agent in charge, says, “Still interviewing and identifying witnesses in this case. We have not made any arrests to this point. We are getting cooperation from the…