Recent complaints about loud music at outdoor events at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in northwest Cairo has prompted the Cairo City Council to look into its code of ordinances regarding noise. At the council meeting two weeks ago, City Attorney Thomas L. Lehman was asked to review the city’s noise ordinance and bring…

The spring sports season is now underway at Barber Park, but for participants and fans there are no cold drinks or snacks available. After questions were raised in January by District 2 Grady County Commissioner Billy Poitevint  about an alleged conflict of interest with the concessions at the park, longtime concessioner Tim Bracewell, husband of…

The unemployment rate for Grady County and the southwest Georgia region ticked up in January albeit only slightly, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. The Dec. 2013 rate for Grady County was 6.0 percent and in January the rate increased to 6.7 percent. For the southwest Georgia region, the increase was one-tenth of a…

The Zebulon Theater got a boost Tuesday night as the Grady County Commission voted 3-2 to invest $4,000 in the community theater’s conversion to a digital projection system. Commission Chairman T.D. David voted with Vice Chairman LaFaye Copeland and Commissioner Elwyn Childs to approve the expenditure. Commissioners Charles Norton and Billy Poitevint voted against the…

March has certainly been busy for the Grady County Band program as they culminated efforts through students, staff and parents for Band Festival 2014. The Festival was again hosted at Cairo High School and as the event concluded, our Grady County Bands had indeed received high honors from the Georgia Music Educators judges. The Whigham…

Approximately four and half inches of rain has fallen at the Tired Creek dam construction site since Sunday and the heavy rain has caused potentially significant damage to pipe in the lake’s principal spillway riser. Dam designers Chuck Wilson and Bradley Boyer, of Schnabel Engineering, gave county commissioners an update Tuesday night. “It appears there…

Two new LED electronic billboards will soon be going up in Cairo on U.S. 84, but the Cairo City Council was successful in preventing a third billboard from being erected on South Broad Street in the central business district. Rose City Outdoor, LLC, first made inquiries about erecting billboards here last October and the city…

When qualifying ended Friday a three-man race for the District 2 seat on the Grady County Commission had developed. Incumbent District 2 County Commissioner Billy Poitevint is being challenged by civil engineer Richard Powell and local farmer Ray Prince. All three qualified as republicans and no one qualified in the race as a democrat, so…

A three-man race for the District 2 seat on the Grady County Commission developed as qualifying came to an end Friday. Incumbent Commissioner Billy Poitevint qualified early last week, but his two opponents waited until Friday to sign on the dotted line. Civil engineer Richard Powell and Grady County farmer Ray Prince both qualified as…

Local residents seeking to obtain or renew their firearms permit will no longer have to take multiple trips to complete the process following action taken by the Grady County Commission this week. County commissioners unanimously approved the recommendation of Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar to purchase a fingerprint scanner similar to one being purchased to…