A Cairo man was killed in a tragic trucking accident Tuesday morning while on the job. Thornton Anderson, 34, died in the wreck on Interstate-75 near Adel around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday. The Georgia State Patrol’s Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team (SCRT) is investigating the accident, which took place near mile marker 47, according to TFC3 B.…

When the school bell rings Friday morning, approximately 4,600 students are expected to return to classrooms in Grady County’s seven public schools. “I’m projecting a beginning enrollment of 4,664, but we probably won’t have quite that many Friday because some students will wait until Monday to report back,” Grady County School Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard…

Grady County’s cost of legal services continues to grow and county commissioners will have to dig deeper into its reserves to pay Hall Booth Smith for its second quarter billing prompting a discussion Monday night about looking for a new county attorney. The billing for the three months of April, May and June was received…

Grady County taxpayers will have their first chance to comment on the county’s proposed 3 mill tax increase at a public hearing to be held next Tuesday, Aug. 7 beginning at 9 a.m. The hearing, to be held in conjunction with the Grady County Commission’s regular board meeting, will be conducted in the main courtroom…

Three public hearings have been scheduled on the 21.41 percent tax hike being considered by the Grady County Commission. The first of those hearings will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 7 in the main courtroom on the second floor of the Grady County Courthouse. A second hearing will be held that night…

The Grady County Commission and the new county attorney, Jennifer Herzog, continue to keep secret the details of invoices for legal services from Herzog’s firm, Hall Booth Smith, and is withholding the issuance of the billing for the second quarter of 2018. However, Georgia Attorney General Christopher M. Carr’s office has weighed in on the…

Grady County Joint Development Authority officials are moving forward with plans to construct a new speculative building to be used in attracting a new employer to the community. JDA Executive Director Julian Brown updated authority members last Tuesday of a meeting held recently with consulting engineer Stacy Watkins, and Zane and Randall Myrick of GFA…

It appears the Grady County Commission has dropped the ball on calling for a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum for this year. Facing an Aug. 8 deadline to call for a TSPLOST referendum to be placed on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, county officials put forward a proposed intergovernmental agreement for…

Grady County’s extension agent, Ty Torrance, was a presenter at the 50th annual meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society held in Virginia last week. Torrance presented his findings from a two-year research project entitled, “Economics of Peanut Root-knot Nematode Control.” Torrance says he worked on the research with Dr. T.B. Brenneman with…

Grady County Commissioners met for just over four hours Friday and Monday afternoons reviewing the proposed 2019 operating budget and looking for opportunities to reduce expenses. The board has eliminated any cost of living raises and bonuses for county personnel and has not ruled out making cuts to the county’s workforce. On Monday afternoon, the…