A group of local civic leaders interested in reducing alcohol and drug abuse is putting together a slate of community events for Red Ribbon Week, which begins in a few days. The Grady County Substance Abuse Awareness and Prevention team will celebrate Red Ribbon Week Oct. 19-25 using the slogan, “Choose to be Drug Free.”…

Thunderstorms that swept across South Georgia Tuesday caused some homes outside the Cairo City Limits to lose electricity briefly. Grady EMC experienced scattered outages in all three of the counties they serve, according to Donnie Prince, Grady EMC spokesman. Prince says the majority of the outages were in the Beachton area. Tree limbs falling on…

With a budget of $250,000 annually for overtime, the city of Cairo’s police department receives the lion’s share of overtime pay, but city officials expressed concern Monday night about the rate of overtime paid in the first three months of this fiscal year. Through Sept. 30, Cairo police officers have been paid $85,708.58 in overtime…

The general manager of Grady EMC said this week the lawsuit filed by members of the Take Back our Grady EMC committee last week will be “vigorously” defended by the EMC. “We are disappointed that a lawsuit has been filed against Grady EMC.  We have met with members of the party filing the suit and…

For 70 city of Cairo utilities customers their next bill will include an additional charge. In the process of investigating water losses, Public Works Director Raymond Stokes has discovered 70 customers who have had city sewer anywhere from five to 10 years but have never paid for the service. The discovery was made when Stokes…

The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe is preparing to petition the federal government for recognition and, on Tuesday, Grady County commissioners voted to go on record in support of the tribe’s petition. Principal Chief Marian S. (Vonnie) McCormick and Dr. Peggy Venable appeared before the county commission this week soliciting the county’s support. According to Dr.…

A south Grady County property owner says the county is not going far enough with a grant program to resurface roads and improve drainage in a low to moderate income neighborhood off Georgia Highway 93 South. Richard Kuhne attended a public hearing on the proposed activities included in the county’s Community Development Block Grant for…

Editor’s Note: This article has been revised to reflect the correct amount of the loan made by Grady EMC to Thomas A. Rosser, Sr. The original version posted and published stated the loan amount was $3,750,000. The correct loan amount was $375,000. We regret the error. A lawsuit against the Grady Electric Membership Corporation, its…

Cairo’s WGRA Radio will host a Decision 2014 Live Political Forum on Monday. The Oct. 6 program will feature the candidates for Grady County Board of Education, District 3. The forum will be held in the Grady Room of Roddenbery Memorial Library beginning at noon, and although it will be broadcast on WGRA 790-AM, the…