COVID-19 cases remain high, but are decreasing
The news about COVID-19 in Grady County has improved this week with only 63 new cases reported in the last seven days, compared to 138 the week before. The school system has also seen a reduction in the number of students and teachers out of school due to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.…
Read MoreA Grady County institution now has new ownership
On Monday, Bruce Thomas closed the doors to Calvary’s Thomas Mercantile Company for the last time as its owner. After 117 years in the Thomas family, the store is now operating under new ownership. “I’m glad to find somebody like them to buy it and keep it open,” says Thomas. Although from New Jersey, the…
Read MoreTrout lily preserve to open next month with COVID rules in place
The much anticipated 2021 bloom season at the Wolf Creek Trout Lily Preserve near Whigham will once again be opened to the public, but precautions are being made due to COVID-19, according to preserve officials. Volunteers say that every effort is being made to protect preserve volunteers and all who choose to visit. The official…
Read MoreCopeland can’t get support for mask mandate
Grady County Commissioner LaFaye Copeland made yet another unsuccessful attempt Tuesday night to garner support from her fellow commissioners to institute a mask mandate for those entering county buildings. Commissioner Copeland, who participated in Tuesday’s meeting via conference call, said, “I’ve brought this up a couple of times before, but it is a subject very…
Read MoreSchool system to get $6 million in pandemic relief funding
All of the details are yet to be known, but the Grady County Board of Education learned Tuesday night that the system has been awarded $6 million in federal funding in the form of pandemic relief. Last spring, the school system received $1.5 million in federal funds that officials have yet to spend completely, according…
Read MoreLocal schools will remain open, for now
Grady County Schools are continuing to be aggressive in the number of students they send home to quarantine due to potential exposure to the coronavirus, and this week the number reached an all-time high of more than 400 while the number of positive students inched up during the second week of school after Christmas break.…
Read MoreVoting laws, criminal justice reform highlight 2021 General Assembly agenda
Legislative leaders are promising to tackle two issues that dominated the news in Georgia and across the nation when the 2021 General Assembly session opened on Monday. Weeks of protests and legal challenges sparked by President-elect Joe Biden’s razor-thin victory over President Donald Trump in Georgia and other battleground states have prompted a call for…
Read MoreCOVID-19 cases are skyrocketing here
Public Health officials report there were 138 new positive COVID-19 cases here this week, the largest one week jump in Grady County since the pandemic began last March. In addition, four new deaths of Grady County residents due to COVID-19 were also recorded in the last week bringing the total number of local people who’ve…
Read MoreOfficials push to get more Georgians vaccinated
This week, Georgians aged 65 and older were able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus if they had an appointment with one of the few area providers. Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville joined local health departments in offering the COVID-19 vaccines to qualified recipients, which also includes healthcare workers, first responders and nursing home residents…
Read MoreTraveling art exhibit coming to downtown Cairo Feb. 1
A traveling public art exhibition is coming to Cairo next month with the unanimous endorsement of the Cairo mayor and council. On Monday night, the city council voted to partner with the Thomasville Center for the Arts to bring its “Walk on the Wild Side” public art exhibition to Cairo, Feb. 1 through March 14,…
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