New Northside Elementary School principal named
A local educator who began her career at Northside Elementary School is returning to the school as its new principal. Dr. Cheryl Larkins, the current Southside Elementary School assistant principal, was named the new principal of Northside Elementary School at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Grady County Board of Education. Dr. Larkins was hired in…
Read MoreLocal man killed in car crash
A 38-year-old Cairo man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Tallahassee Sunday morning. Kenji Lavarious Queens died in the accident, which happened on Old Bainbridge Road south of Langston Lane at 7:36 a.m., according to Capt. Jeffrey Bissainthe, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. A report from FHP states Queens was driving a 2013…
Read MoreSchool administrators get new assignments
The Grady County Board of Education on Tuesday night unanimously approved a plan by the county school superintendent to make a major shift in the administrative personnel at several of the county’s public schools. School Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard met with each affected administrator prior to the spring break holiday last week and presented his…
Read MoreProbe into death of local newborn continues
Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation say they are still actively investigating the February death of a newborn brought to Grady General Hospital as they await more medical evidence. Jamy Steinberg, special agent in charge of the GBI Thomasville Field Office, says additional lab reports from the crime lab are needed before they can…
Read MoreNo court action regarding transmission line project filed yet
Nearly two months after saying court action would be filed in connection with a power line project in northwest Cairo, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia has taken no such action. MEAG notified members of the Northwest Neighborhood Association in writing on Feb. 13 of its intention to seek a declaratory judgment action in Grady…
Read MorePine Park man wants county to move dumpsters
A county dumpsite that is one of the most abused and untidy may soon be shut down and moved. Grady County Commission Chairman Elwyn Childs delivered a warning from a Pine Park property owner who said he wanted the dumpster moved within 60 days or he would see the commissioners in court. Grady County Road…
Read MoreBond hearing for murder suspect scheduled for April 13
A Cairo man arrested for the January murder of Elijah Denzel Smith of Whigham will go before a superior court judge here next week. Nicholas Lequinte Perry will have a bond hearing on Thursday, April 13, at 9 a.m. in the Grady County Courthouse. Perry, 20, faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm…
Read MoreTobar allows solar company to draft proposed county ordinance
Grady County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a proposed solar farm ordinance drafted by attorneys for a prospective developer opting for the county attorney to draft his own ordinance. Apparently, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar had conferred with representatives of a firm that has expressed interest in developing a solar project possibly as large as 500…
Read MoreGrady Archway professional graduates from GeorgiaLEADS
Grady County’s Archway Professional Betsy McGriff was a member of the inaugural class of Locate South GeorgiaLEADS, which graduated last week in Albany-Dougherty County. The ceremony took place at the Flint RiverQuarium Thursday night, March 16, following an eight-month leadership development experience that covered seven visits to south Georgia communities to better understand the economic…
Read MoreKids Against Hunger seeks donations to help pay freight charges
Kids Against Hunger in Cairo is sending pallets of food to aid Syrian refugees camped in nations that border their war-torn homeland. Melvin Horne is with the local charitable group and says donations to help defray freight charges would be helpful. Horne says he had already loaded 15 pallets of food Tuesday on a truck…
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