PERSON WANTED BY POLICE IN CONNECTION WITH SHOOTING WAS VICTIM’S BROTHER
Cairo Police Chief Keith Sandefur reports that city police are continuing to question Joseph White in connection with an apparent homicide that took place at approximately 1:15 p.m. Friday in the 100 block of 13th Avenue Southwest. Police say the victim is Travis White, 33, a part-time resident of the home on 13th Avenue S.W.…
Read MoreTwo weeks of trials wrap up, stiff sentences handed down
The two week term of Grady County trials for the adjourned March term of 2019 consisted of approximately 90 criminal cases. Two cases of significant note were Domingo Santiago Velasco, charged with aggravated child molestation, incest, rape, and sodomy. The second criminal case taken to an impaneled jury trial was Joseph Henry Simmons, charged with…
Read MoreCity continues to waive tipping fees for victims cleaning up from storms
The Cairo City Council voted unanimously Monday night to continue waiving tipping fees for storm damage and debris brought to the city landfill. After three weeks of waving the tipping fees, city officials had originally set Friday, March 22 as the end date and had anticipated resuming the charge of tipping fees. Former city councilman…
Read MoreSchool board looks at program to replace nearly 60 percent of its HVAC units
The Grady County Board of Education is another step closer to financing $14.5 million of facility upgrades with ABM Building Solutions LLC. A called meeting of the school board was held Tuesday afternoon at the Cairo High School College and Career Center auditorium where a presentation was made by Rick Higginbotham, Ray Jordan and Joel…
Read MoreRepairs to Holder Park Pool are approved on 4-1 vote
The Cairo City Council passed a funding measure Monday night to make necessary repairs to the city’s Holder Park pool so that it can be opened for the summer swim season this year. City officials had previously been advised by officials with the Southwest Georgia Public Health District that without these repairs, Public Health…
Read MoreRetirement results in changes in City of Cairo leadership roles
A changing of the guard, so to speak, is taking place at the City of Cairo’s utility office this week. Customer service director Faye Ingram is retiring and her last day on the job will be Friday. Mrs. Ingram is is wrapping up a tenure of 11 years with the city following a 39-year career…
Read MoreAmeris Bank donates $80,000 to Grady General Hospital
Grady General Hospital is the beneficiary of a major gift from Ameris Bank. As part of the Georgia HEART Hospital Program, Ameris has contributed $1.65 million in financial support to 16 rural hospitals in the bank’s service area throughout Georgia, which is more than double its contribution of $800,000 in 2018. Grady General will receive…
Read MoreTwo local businesses are settling into new location
A fresh sense of style and serenity has moved into central Cairo where two Grady County women have moved their businesses, one a design partner and the other a massage therapist. Helen Brown of Cairo is half of the firm Brownworks, LLC. Her brother-in-law, Cairo native Reynolds Brown of Atlanta, is her partner in the…
Read MoreRidley warns it will take time to wrap up right-of-way for grant project
Grady County officials expressed confidence Tuesday night they will be able to acquire the last six remaining tracts of right-of-way needed for a Community Development Block Grant project in south Grady County within the 12-month deadline to do so. Gabe Ridley, attorney for the commission, updated the board on the right-of-way acquisition effort. Unfortunately, Ridley…
Read MoreState system changes will force closure of tax office prior to Memorial Day
Grady County Tax Commissioner Barbara Darus briefed the Grady County Commission on the upcoming closing of her office prior to Memorial Day as the State of Georgia transitions to a new software program for the Department of Motor Vehicles. According to the tax commissioner, her office will close at noon on Thursday, May 23 and…
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