Over 13,000 tax bills were mailed late last week and local taxpayers have begun to receive the official notices. Grady County Tax Commissioner Phyllis Gainous says that 13,395 bills were processed and mailed on Friday. The bills were printed and mailed out by Diversified Companies of Chattanooga, TN at a cost of 36 cents per…

County officials are getting aggressive in going after grants to supplement local funds for community projects. Grady County Commissioners gave County Administrator Carlos Tobar the go-ahead to apply for two grants that could help fund improvements at Barber Park and road construction for the Tired Creek Lake project. Commissioners met with Building & Grounds Superintendent…

The women of Cairo’s First United Methodist Church are hosting their Annual Fall Bazaar this Saturday with plenty of homemade cakes, jams and casseroles ready to sell along with many donated items. The ladies group uses most of the bazaar proceeds to support local charities, and the rest of the money to help missions around…

The Cairo City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to appoint a Cairo banker to the Grady County Joint Development Authority. Charles J. Davis, Grady County president of Capital City Bank, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of veteran authority member and JDA Vice Chairman Nancy Clark. Mrs. Clark has served…

The saloon doors will swing wide open for cowpokes and western darlings when they come out to the Wild Wild West Saloon and Gambling Room Saturday. The western themed event is a benefit for a Grady County Scholarship at Thomas University. The evening, held at Cairo’s Grady Cultural Center, will feature gambling tables, a silent…

Cairo’s Syrup City Players’ inaugural Theater in the Park was a hit with audiences who enjoyed the outdoor drama experience at Davis Park over the weekend. More than 250 tickets were sold to the two stage productions of “The Hobbit” held Friday and Saturday evenings. Audiences brought their own lawn chairs or blankets and sat…

The three candidates for mayor of Cairo faced off for the first time in a public forum held Monday and broadcast live on WGRA AM-790. All three touted their experience and service in local government as qualifications for becoming the city’s mayor. Candidate Bobby Burns served on the Grady County Commission for 16 years, as…

Country and Southern gospel music will be on stage at Cairo’s historic Zebulon Theater this week with two concerts planned as part of the ongoing efforts to raise money to convert the theater from celluloid film to digital. The Jeff Davis and Tired Creek band concert is Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Zebulon.…

Grady County State Court Judge Bill Bass is in hot water again. The Southern Center for Human Rights has sued Judge Bass and Grady County in federal court for the alleged collection of unauthorized court costs from defendants over a seven year period. According to the lawsuit, which Grady County officials learned of last Wednesday,…