Tough negotiations between Cairo’s city manager, public works director and officials with a Florida construction company have resulted in a lower cost to replace a sewer lift station here. RTD Construction of Zephyrhills, Fla., agreed to the more acceptable price for replacing the sewer lift station on Seventh Avenue S.E. RTD’s original bid, which was…

Grady County Sheriff Harry Young said he wants to alert all businesses here that work with recycled metals that a new state law requires them to register with the sheriff’s office. The new law goes into effect July 1, 2012, and states that all secondary metal recyclers who purchase regulated metal property must register with…

A 16-year veteran of the Grady County Board of Commissioners is accepting a new role as a county public servant. Former veteran commissioner Bobby Burns, who completed his fourth term on December 31, 2010, was unanimously elected by county commissioners to serve on the Grady County Board of Assessors. Burns replaces Wednesdee Sadler on the…

After a group of interested citizens contacted Grady County Commissioner T.D. David about previous commission discussions centering around the idea of converting the Grady County Agri-Center to serve dually as an emergency shelter, David broached the subject with the full board again Tuesday night. “I had a group of citizens ask me about it and…

The Cairo City Council will meet tomorrow night, June 21, at 6 p.m. instead of next Monday. City leaders will leave later this week to attend the annual meeting of the Georgia Municipal Association in Savannah, so Monday night’s meeting has been shifted to Thursday. Before the council will be a special event application from…

A Grady County jury has convicted two Thomasville men for last summer’s shooting death of Jerry Bodiford, an innocent bystander according to prosecutors. Shortly after the guilty verdict was announced at the Grady County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, Superior Court Judge A. Wallace Cato sentenced the men to life in prison. Shadrick Ron Killens and Frankie…

A national accrediting agency has given its seal of approval to Grady General Hospital for demonstrating compliance with national standards for healthcare quality and safety. The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval recognizes Grady General’s dedication to continuous compliance with the commission’s standards. The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits more than 19,000 healthcare organizations and…

Facing a wish list from constitutional officers and county department heads totaling $12.5 million and with projected revenue of $11.7 million, Grady County commissioners face some difficult choices as they move forward in preparing a spending plan for the 2013 fiscal year. Commissioners convened a budget workshop Tuesday afternoon to get a first look at…

Some Grady County parents and grandparents of girls involved in softball appeared before the Grady County Board of Education to register complaints with the hiring of a girls softball coach at Cairo High School. A total of seven citizens had registered for public participation but only four attended and three were from the same family.…

Last Tuesday, the city of Cairo received a bill from Grady County for seven months of jail fees for the housing of city prisoners at the Grady County Detention Center. The last time the city had received a bill up until last week was in August 2011. The total of the seven months of charges,…