BOE wasting no time getting started with building projects
Bolstered by the passage of the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax by local voters last week, the Grady County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to move forward with the renovation of the Southside Elementary School auditorium and to finalize plans for the construction of a new administrative building and classrooms on the…
Read MoreBoys & Girls Club major fundraiser is next Thursday
Organizers of next week’s 2nd Annual Diamond Affair Dinner are encouraging members of the community to support the event as sponsors. The event is hosted by the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club of Cairo/Grady County and will be held at the Grady Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m. Sponsorships range from…
Read MoreSchool officials to meet with Boys & Girls Club personnel to iron out transportation issues
The Grady County Board of Education this week instructed the school superintendent and the operations director to meet with officials with the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club to discuss issues related to the transporting of club members from county schools to the Boys & Girls Club located at Holder Park. During Tuesday night’s meeting…
Read MoreAnnual silent auction now underway at Agri-Center
The seventh annual Grady County Historical Society Silent Auction opened Wednesday morning and interested bidders will only have until Thursday night to bid on hundreds of auction items. This year’s auction, which opened at 10 a.m. today, will last only two days with the exhibition of auction items. Interested bidders can visit the Agri-Center and…
Read MoreExecution of a warrant leads to drug arrests
Officers trying to serve a warrant on one Cairo man early Thursday wound up taking five people into custody and confiscating more than two pounds of suspected marijuana, and several guns. Cairo Police went to a home at 317 Teresa Edwards St., at 5:32 a.m., and after knocking on the front door, windows and side…
Read MoreSunday afternoon crash left many without electricity
When two cars collided on U.S. 84 Sunday afternoon electricity to every home in Grady County was cut. Some homes were out for just a few minutes while others were in the dark for more than three hours. Shortly before 4 p.m., the accident happened at the intersection of U.S. 84 and Hwy. 112. A…
Read MoreAnnual Silent Auction to be held next week
The seventh annual Grady County Historical Society Silent Auction will be held next week with a wide variety of items to be sold to the highest bidder. This year’s auction will last only two days with the exhibition of auction items opening next Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m. at the Grady County Agri-Center. Interested…
Read MoreTobar says county cash balance is up nearly a million dollars
Grady County officials continue to work to catch-up on the reconciliation of bank statements that have accumulated since February of this year. Commission Chairman T.D. David quizzed County Administrator Carlos Tobar and Accounting Manager Connie Blackman about the status of accounting work Tuesday morning. Much progress has been made by the county staff in closing…
Read MoreFuneral services for Winford Mobley will be held Thursday
Funeral services for Isaac Winford Mobley, 80, of Cairo, GA, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 6, 2014, at Long Branch Baptist Church, Cairo, GA. The Rev. Mack Luke will officiate. Interment will follow in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Pelham, GA. Mr. Mobley passed away at his home in Grady County, GA, on…
Read MoreBoo on Broad will bring hundreds downtown Friday
Downtown Cairo and surrounding neighborhoods will be packed with trick-or-treaters this Friday. Boo on Broad will “haunt” the downtown on Friday with costumed youngsters roaming the city blocks between M.L.K. Avenue to Roddenbery Memorial Library from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Broad Street will be closed during this family friendly Halloween activity when merchants and…
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