Fifteen years of service is enough for a longtime member of the Grady County Joint Development Authority and the Cairo City Council voted last week to name a replacement. Charlie Goar informed city manager Chris Addleton recently that he would not be interested in serving another term on the JDA when his term expired Oct.…

Newly appointed Grady County Administrator J.C. (Buddy) Johnson III, received an early vote of confidence by the members of the Grady County Commission Tuesday when they voted unanimously to increase the administrator’s spending authority from $2,500 to $10,000 for budgeted expenditures. The county administrator sought the increase after surveying the spending limits of county administrators…

Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture office here have filed a complaint with the Grady County Commission as a result of health concerns of the personnel housed in the newly renovated suite of offices at the Grady County Agri-Center. USDA officials have requested the county conduct air quality testing to determine if the…

Members of Grady EMC should have already received official mail-in ballots for the upcoming election of new directors, but if not, members should contact the EMC. Survey & Ballot Systems of Eden Prairie, MN is once again conducting the mail-in voting, which was first debuted last year. A total of six candidates are seeking election…

The graduation rate for Cairo High School has consistently been higher than the state average and when the results were released last week for 2018 the CHS rate was nine percent higher than the state average. The 2018 CHS graduation rate was recorded at 90.7 up from 83.5 percent in 2017 and topping the 2018…

Grady General Hospital’s application to the Georgia Department of Community Health’s Office of Health Planning for a proposed new 75-bed skilled nursing center was denied Tuesday. The local hospital was seeking a Certificate of Need to construct the new $19 million facility adjacent to Grady General Hospital. Originally, a 108-bed, $24 million facility was proposed,…

The Cairo City Council met its architect working on a new headquarters for the Cairo Police Department on Monday night. After a presentation by Greg Smith of James W. Buckley and Associates, the council voted unanimously to solicit proposals from construction managers for the project. Smith recommended the “construction manager at risk” approach in order…

After eight months of consideration, the Cairo City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a new office policy for the second floor of the Cairo City Hall and the Council chamber. Since shortly after taking office in January, Cairo Mayor Booker Gainor has sought an office and after-hours access to City Hall. Cairo city…

A Grady County Grand Jury has ordered an investigation into possible improper or unethical transactions by members of the Grady County Commission, according to Grand Jury presentments published on Page A7 of this issue of The Messenger. The Grand Jury convened on Sept. 17 and by a vote of eight or more of its members…

After rejecting an earlier recommendation, the Grady County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night approved the recommendation of the Grady County Lake Authority to permit duck hunting at Tired Creek Lake for the upcoming season. The board amended the county’s Tired Creek Lake regulations to allow for duck hunting. Duck hunters may begin to register…