For the last week, churches around Cairo have been the target of a burglar, but it appears all of the effort has reaped the suspect little reward. Since Monday, Oct. 16, eight churches have been burglarized with one of them broken into twice. In all but one of the cases, evidence indicates the perpetrator entered…

The hotly contested election for two seats on the Grady Electric Membership Corporation’s board of directors will come to a head Friday morning, but a final decision may not be made in at least one race. The District 3 race, which includes incumbent director Lamar Carlton, challengers Hestell Donaldson Jr., and Richard R. (Ricky) Smith,…

Local Native Americans are inviting the public to an Intertribal Pow Wow this weekend at Tama Tribal Town in Grady County. Dancers from different tribes will officially open the Pow Wow during a “Grand Entry” scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. Head Lady for the event is Reather Venable and Head Man is Tony Young. Host…

It’s back to the drawing board for Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar, who told county commissioners Oct. 3 he was close to wrapping up a deal to establish a new dumpster site west of Whigham. The site under consideration, owned by a husband and wife, was approximately 200 feet off of U.S. 84 West, according…

Grady County Chief Magistrate Pat Pollock on Tuesday night recommended the Grady County Commission consider additional security measures at the county courthouse. Urging commissioners to be proactive rather than reactive, Pollock suggested tighter security was needed. “A lot of people coming to or leaving this courthouse are not happy,” Pollock said. He also noted that…

Cairo city officials are working through some kinks after having privatized the city’s solid waste collection service last month. The transition came just as Tropical Storm Irma blew into town. On Monday night, Cairo City Councilman Lannis Thornton complained that there were streets in his district where storm debris had never been picked up. “There…

Voting takes place at three different locations Early voting in the Nov. 7 municipal elections in Cairo and Whigham as well as the special election for the District 1 Grady County Commission post gets underway Monday. In Cairo, the early voting will take place at the Grady County Board of Registrars Office located at 24…

Absentee ballots in the historic election of directors for Grady Electric Membership Corporation must be received by the third-party vendor conducting the tabulation of absentee ballots by Monday, Oct. 16. For the first time in the co-op’s history, directors can be voted on by EMC members not present at the annual membership meeting, which will…

In the Oct. 4, 2017 edition of The Cairo Messenger, the newspaper reported that absentee ballots in the upcoming election for the Grady EMC Board of Directors filled out with a check or an X would not be counted. This was an error. The ballot instructions indicated the “correct” way to select the candidate of…

The historic election of directors for Grady Electric Membership Corporation is currently underway and will culminate at the 79th annual meeting just over two weeks away. For the first time in the co-op’s history, absentee ballots have been mailed to the EMC membership. Previously, only members who attended the annual meeting, which is held during…