Cairo Police are looking for four men connected to a late night armed robbery of three restaurateurs. The operators of San Marco’s Mexican Restaurant in Cairo had just dropped off an employee in northeast Cairo and were driving north on Sixth Street Northeast when the robbery happened Saturday soon after midnight. The victims said a…

Qualifying for municipal elections got underway Monday and as expected a contested race for mayor of Cairo has already developed. Both Hansell Bearden and Booker Gainor qualified this week with Bearden qualifying Monday and Gainor on Tuesday. Cairo City Councilman James H. (Jimmy) Douglas was the first local candidate to qualify on Monday, according to…

Although Cairo and Grady County are outside the path of totality, we will still have a significant eclipse experience on Monday with an expected 90 percent of the sun covered by the moon at the height of the event. For Grady County educators, the eclipse is turning into a hands on teachable moment and the…

The former timber consultant for the Grady County Board of Commissioners confirmed Tuesday night that the county lost out on approximately $600,000 in revenue from the sale of timber in the Tired Creek Lake bed by revising its contract with N&W Timber in January 2014. That change released the firm from cutting all of the…

Total expenditures on the Tired Creek Lake project since 2004 are $36,953,692, according to a spreadsheet released by the Grady County Commission this week. The financial snapshot of the lake project from 2004 through June 30, 2017 was first released last Thursday, but was revised to include grant and state revenue for road improvements to…

Law enforcement officers are still looking for a pair of armed men who robbed a south Grady County business Monday morning. The same two men are wanted in connection with two more armed robberies that happened in nearby communities hours later, according to Grady County Sheriff Harry Young. Wearing masks and gloves, the men walked…

The Grady County Joint Development Authority is making a major investment in its Heritage Industrial Complex to repair a leaking roof and improve conditions for a major tenant at the former Roddenbery pickle plant. Authority members voted unanimously for $322,852 in improvements, which include the roof repairs as well as improvement in the interior lighting…

Grady County Commissioners will hold two more public hearings on a proposed 14 percent tax hike tomorrow, Aug. 17, at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the courthouse. Commissioners heard from concerned citizens Thursday night and again on Tuesday night. At the public hearing last week, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar unveiled a revised budget…

In less than three weeks, the Syrup City will play host to an evening of rock, rhythm and blues during the first Annual JRB&GC Music Fest. Presented by Hobson Chevrolet-Buick, the Music Fest will feature live performances by Otis Redding III, Johnnie Marshall and Ralph Roddenbery with proceeds going to benefit the Jackie Robinson Boys…

A hearing in a lawsuit recently filed by Grady Electric membership Corporation against one of its most vocal critics will be held at the Grady County Courthouse next Thursday afternoon. Superior Court Judge Heather Lanier will gavel the hearing to order at 3 p.m. Aug. 17. The hearing had originally been scheduled for July 13,…