Save 20 percent off on Pizza Hut orders and support the chamber May 14 By the end of next week, many vehicles cruising Cairo and Grady County roads will be from another era as the chamber of commerce hosts the 26th Annual Great Southern Antique Car Rally. There are some new activities being added to…

Grady County’s Relay for Life is kicking off its annual event in a new location Friday, downtown Cairo’s Davis Park. The park, located behind Roddenbery Memorial Library, will serve as the backdrop to the annual event, which supports the work of the American Cancer Society. Hundreds of tennis shoe clad walkers will pound the park’s…

Looking for a special treat for mother on Mother’s Day? Why not take in the annual Spring Concert performed by the Cairo High School Concert and Symphony Bands? The bands, under the baton of John Scanling, will perform this Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:30 at the CHS auditorium. The Concert Band program will include “Fanfare…

Grady countians are encouraged to gather for prayer on Thursday, May 5, in observance of the annual National Day of Prayer. The Grady County Ministerial Association is the local sponsor of the event and committee members Teresa Prince, the Rev. Travis Harrison, the Rev. Charles Whatley and the Rev. Ron McCaskill have been busy planning…

On the same day early voting begins in the hotly contested race for Judge of Superior Court of the South Georgia Circuit, the three judicial candidates will face off in a political forum at Roddenbery Memorial Library. Early voting opens Monday, May 2 at 8 a.m. at the Grady County Board of Registrars Office, 24…

A group of north Grady County residents will be anxious to attend the Grady County Commission meeting next week, which will not be held on Tuesday morning, but will be held on Thursday morning at 9. The regularly scheduled meeting has been moved to Thursday to avoid a conflict with the commissioners and administrative staff…

The 293 electric customers served by the City of Whigham will be temporarily inconvenienced Sunday evening, May 1, when power for the entire city will be shut off, according to Mayor George Trulock. “This is kind of late notice, but we were just notified late Monday,” the Whigham mayor said. The Georgia Power line that…

With over $460,000 sitting idle in its operating account, the Grady County Joint Development Authority decided this week to use some of that money to reduce its interest expense and pay down its debt. “We’re pushing $500,000 in the checking account, which is a good place to be, but wouldn’t it be good to pay…

A new youth leadership program for students at Cairo High School is being organized by the Grady County Commission with cooperation from the Cairo High School administration. County commissioners unanimously approved $1,500 to go toward the establishment of the Georgia Civic Awareness Program for Students (GCAPS) for the 2016-2017 school term. Grady County Commissioner T.D.…

State Representative Darlene Taylor has put her political muscle behind a major road project in Grady County and local officials learned this week that the state has committed $4.1 million toward the rehabilitation of Old 179 North from Whigham to the Mitchell County line. In what is being described by at least one Georgia Department…