Early voting ends this Friday at 5 p.m.
Early voting for the July 22 Democratic and Republican party primary run-off elections wraps up at 5 p.m. this Friday. Although voter turnout remains slim, interest has picked up since last Tuesday and a total of 166 votes had been cast at the close of business Tuesday. Of that total 122 republican ballots had been…
Read MoreAnother chance to Walk with a Doc is Friday
The second Walk with a Doc event is taking place at Cairo’s Davis Park Friday morning and the public is invited to participate. Drs. Meghann Blankenship and Jason NeSmith will be walking the park and answering health questions beginning at 8 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to the first 20 walkers and refreshments will be…
Read MoreEarly voting continues but few are voting in run-off
Only a small number of Georgians have ventured to the polls to cast early votes in the upcoming July 22 Democratic and Republican party primary run-off elections. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp reported Monday that only 44,342 Georgia voters had cast ballots. In Grady County, as of the close of business Tuesday, only 75…
Read MoreWork on 20th Street project delayed until July 21
The much anticipated start of work to complete the final phase of the 20th Street N.E. resurfacing and rehabilitation project is now expected to begin on Monday, July 21, according to Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton. The city manager said this week that the contractor on the project, The Scruggs Company of Hahira, Ga., has…
Read MoreSchool board moving forward with sales tax vote
The Grady County Board of Education voted unanimously this week to ask Probate Judge Denise Maddox, as elections superintendent, to call for a referendum on a one percent Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to be held in conjunction with the Nov. 4 general election. Board members were first presented with the ballot language…
Read MoreBoards vote to hold tax rates unchanged
Both the Grady County Commission and the Grady County Board of Education voted unanimously this week to hold current ad valorem tax millage rates unchanged, but some local residents will likely pay more in county and school taxes this fall. The county commission voted Monday night to adopt a tentative millage rate of 13.25 mills,…
Read MoreTruck loaded with corn flips after driver loses control on Hwy. 112
The Camilla Highway was closed for most of the afternoon on Saturday after a semitrailer truck hauling corn overturned on a curve in the road. The 47-year-old driver of the truck is charged with Too Fast for Conditions, a misdemeanor. He was trying to negotiate a curve on Highway 112 that was recently constructed by…
Read MoreCHS debaters competed in Kansas
Four Cairo High School students and their sponsor attended the 2014 National Speech and Debate Association Tournament in Overland Park, Kansas, just outside Kansas City June 16-20. Students from Cairo High School attending were Tyler Angelier, Bailey Duggan, Ka’Nisha Hicks and Casey Lewis, along with their debate coach, CHS English teacher Hank Smith. Bailey and Tyler…
Read MoreNew county rescue truck hits the streets
Grady County’s new Volunteer Fire Department rescue truck was delivered Friday and county personnel have been busy switching fire and rescue equipment from one vehicle to another. VFD Coordinator Wayne Hadden and Firefighter Richard Phillips gave Grady County commissioners a demonstration and conducted an inspection of the new unit Tuesday morning following the county commission…
Read MoreEarly voting now underway
Advanced voting in the July 22 primary run-off election is off to a very slow start, according to Grady County election officials. The early voting period began Monday and as of the close of business Tuesday afternoon, only 25 local voters had cast ballots. Of the ballots cast, 21 were republicans and four were democrats.…
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