Good food is on the menu for next month’s Taste of the Town – Spring Sampler in which Grady County restaurants and local cooks will serve up some their signature dishes. The event is a fund raiser to benefit Grady General Support League, and will take place at the Woman’s Club on Saturday, March 2,…

Grady County State Court Judge Bill Bass’ attempt to have his hearing before the Judicial Qualifications Commission held here has failed and a court date for early next month has been scheduled. The JQC has charged Judge Bass with 11 counts of alleged illegal activity, judicial misconduct, and other conduct prejudicial to the administration of…

Grady County Historical Society members and guests will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday Feb. 12, at the Cairo City Council Chamber in the Roddenbery Building with Randy Rhea, owner of historic Susina Plantation, as featured speaker.  Rhea will present a program entitled “Susina: Did You Know That…?” He recently made the same presentation to…

Four candidates for the Grady County administrator position will be interviewed by county commissioners this weekend. On Tuesday, the board met with its consultant, Tom Berry, to finalize plans for the weekend interviews. According to Berry, four candidates will be interviewed with the first one beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday. The interviews are being held…

Grady County commissioners were deadlocked 2-2 Tuesday over the purchase of a new rescue truck for the county volunteer fire department. Two weeks ago the board authorized VFD Coordinator Wayne Hadden to solicit bids on the new emergency vehicle, but requested he meet with the other VFD station chiefs to seek their approval of the…

Early voting in the District 11 Senate special election runoff opened Monday and as of late Tuesday over 200 votes in Grady County had been cast. The election is between Bainbridge physician Dean Burke and former state representative Mike Keown of Coolidge. Chief Registrar Jean Marshall reported Tuesday afternoon that 252 early ballots had been…

The Grady County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting next Tuesday evening to meet with representatives of the Georgia School Boards Association. The meeting will be held at the VanLandingham Center on North Broad Street beginning at 6:30 p.m. According to the public notice of the meeting, the purpose is for the…

Governor Nathan Deal has proclaimed next week as “Severe Weather Awareness Week” in Georgia. Governor Deal made the designation in cooperation with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency/Homeland Security, the National Weather Service and Georgia’s local emergency management agencies for the week of Feb. 4-8. This annual observance is designed to educate Georgians about weather related…

The Roddenbery Memorial Library and the Grady County chapter of the NAACP will host a special program on black history next Thursday night, Feb. 7, 2013, at the library. The 2013 Black History Month Exhibit will be unveiled during the program which begins at 5:30 and runs until 7:30 p.m. Local youth will present an…

A rash of burglaries in northeast Grady County has sheriff’s investigators urging the public to report any suspicious activity. In recent weeks, there have been at least 10 burglaries reported, including two on Woodland Road just Monday. In each burglary, a door is kicked open or dead bolts are damaged to allow the intruders access…