Prince will seek another term
District 2 Grady County Commissioner Ray Prince said this week he will seek a second, four-year term on the Grady County Commission when qualifying opens next month. “We have so many things that need to be addressed in our county. Tired Creek is one of the largest issues. We need to get development started as…
Read MoreCommissioners to meet with Taylor to discuss solid waste
Grady County commissioners are planning to hold a work session next month in order to discuss a variety of items outside of a regular business meeting. Among the agenda items up for discussion is holding all commission meetings in the evening rather than one meeting a month in the morning and the second meeting of…
Read MoreRelease of RFQ for lake developers delayed by county attorney
Lake authority consultant waiting on feedback Grady County commissioners have told members of the Grady County Lake Authority that time is of the essence in pushing forward with the development around the 960-acre Tired Creek Lake, but three weeks after receiving a draft of a “Request for Qualifications” produced by Tired Creek consultant William F.…
Read MoreLocal school officials toured North Georgia campuses Monday
With the implementation of a School of Fine Arts and a School of Agriculture, Trade and Industry at Cairo High School planned for this fall, a team of local educators spent Monday visiting similar programs in Cobb and Rockdale counties. Cairo High School Principal Chris Lokey and College and Career Academy CEO Todd Gainous led…
Read MoreCounty commission adopts new public participation policy
A new policy regarding public participation at Grady County Commission meetings was adopted last week based on similar policies used by other counties represented by the Hall Booth Smith law firm. Grady County attorney Jennifer Dorminey Herzog described the policy as a decorum policy or meeting management policy. Herzog said that many of the rules…
Read MoreSchool officials traveled to Washington last week
Grady County Board of Education member Teresa Gee Harris and School Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard were among over 800 public school advocates from across the country who gathered in Washington, D.C. last week for the National School Boards Association Equity Symposium and Advocacy Institute. Harris and Gilliard took part in programming sessions, panel presentations, and…
Read MoreChief Judge Chason hears Georgia Supreme Court case
Chief Judge J. Kevin Chason of Cairo served on the Georgia Supreme Court this week as a designee in place of Justice Britt C. Grant. Judge Chason sat in place of Grant to hear the appeal of Campaign for Accountability v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation (S17G1676) and Board of Regents v. Consumer Credit Research Foundation…
Read MoreLots of Grady Countians are battling or have had the flu this season
As the flu season continues to unfold, health officials say Grady County is experiencing wide spread activity with some doctors seeing an uptick in diagnoses in recent weeks. The hospital is instituting special visitor limitations in response, schools are monitoring absences and the health department is offering free flu vaccines to people with an inability…
Read MoreScholarship banquet is this Saturday
The 2018 MLK Collaborative Annual Scholarship Banquet is Saturday night at the Grady County Agri-Center, and will feature speaker Shaunta Dismuke Sr., performances by the three winners of the “One Voice, One Dream” contest, and entries to the MLK Art Contest. Maria Vasquez will serve as Mistress of Ceremony. Dismuke is a native of Grady…
Read MoreHistorical Society to meet in Whigham
The Grady County Historical Society will be meeting in Whigham next week and society officials have extended an invitation to the Grady County community to join them. Alice Bond will host the Grady County Historical Society for its monthly meeting at L-Three Gifts, 117 E. Broad Avenue, Whigham, on Tuesday night, Feb. 13, beginning at…
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