Final phase of 20th Street N.E. project expected to begin this week
Work is expected to begin this week on the final phase of the 20th Street N.E. resurfacing and rehabilitation project, according to Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton. The city manager updated the city council on the project Monday night after Councilman Dr. Kermit Gilliard requested a briefing. Gilliard, who also serves as the assistant superintendent…
Read MoreGrady General Hospital makes quality honor roll
Grady General Hospital in Cairo recently received numerous awards for its performance. Grady General has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s Partnership for Health and Accountability Core Measures Honor Roll. Grady General is one of 23 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Trustee category, one of the highest on the list. The…
Read MorePair charged in post office drug bust have court date Thursday
A pair of Thomasville men arrested after allegedly claiming marijuana mailed through the U.S. Postal Service to Cairo are scheduled to go before a Superior Court judge Thursday to see if they can get out on bond while their case processes through the court system. The men’s arrests are connected to three identically wrapped…
Read MoreContractors continue to make progress on dam
Replacement pipe to go into the Tired Creek Lake’s principal spillway riser is expected to be delivered later this month and officials with Schnabel Engineering, the firm that designed the dam, say that crews have made significant progress on the project. The new pipe will replace 60-inch diameter pipe in 20-foot sections that was delivered…
Read MoreSouthside project tops list of needs to be funded with penny tax
Demolition crews are expected to begin razing a vacant brick building on the campus of Southside Elementary School on Monday, and the Grady County Board of Education is beginning to make plans for a major renovation of the school. School board members are considering a major facilities project at Southside, which is the last of…
Read MoreHighway robbery? County balks at cost of inmate labor
The cost of inmate labor appears to be going up dramatically and Grady County commissioners are not interested in paying more. The county was recently notified by Decatur County that the cost of providing inmate work crews to work with the Grady County Road Department is increasing 37.5 percent to $55,000 annually. On top of…
Read MoreMathis outlines plan to pay back JDA loan
Grady County Joint Development Authority Executive Director Chadd Mathis unveiled a proposed plan to begin making monthly payments to Grady County to pay down a loan the county commission made to the JDA in March 2010. That loan was used to help pay down the debt owed by the JDA on the former Higdon Furniture…
Read MoreSchool system budget brings employee pay back to ‘09 level
Grady County School Superintendent Lee M. Bailey unveiled his proposed 2014-2015 operating budget to members of the board of education last Wednesday night and school system employees will likely be pleased with the plan. The budget presented by Bailey and Finance Officer Dan Broome restores full pay to the school system’s certified staff, as well…
Read MoreMemorial Day program attracted large crowd
Grady countians paused Monday to honor the men and women who have died in service of their country in the armed forces during a Memorial Day observance held at Cairo’s Davis Park. One of the highlights of the observance was the official naming of American Legion Post 122 in memory of the late Jake Max…
Read MoreTornado sirens to be tested Friday morning
On Friday morning, if there is no threat of bad weather, local residents should be prepared to hear the jarring sounds of the city’s two severe weather alert sirens. Cairo Fire Chief Bill Schafer plans to test the recently installed system at 9 a.m. on Friday, May 30. The new system was installed to help…
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