Kathy Jones will soon become a homeowner thanks to the Grady County Habitat for Humanity chapter. She recently signed on the dotted line on her mortgage papers. Jones is a lifelong Grady County resident with two adult daughters and a number of grandchildren, all of whom live in Cairo. She is widowed and disabled but,…

Citizens who have attended the four public hearings on the proposed Grady County zoning ordinance have asked a lot of questions, but according to at least two Grady County commissioners they have left without many answers. District 5 Grady County Commissioner T.D. David voiced his concerns that citizens attending the public hearings are leaving the…

A majority of those attending the first four of nine public hearings on a proposed zoning ordinance for unincorporated Grady County are adamantly opposed to the new law. Opponents Monday night at the Midway Volunteer Fire Station often spoke out with raised voices and in some instances foul language. The hearings are being facilitated by…

The Grady County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday night to schedule additional public hearings on the proposed county zoning ordinance. The action followed a request made by Commissioners T.D. David and Al Ball to hold public sessions similar to the nine originally scheduled hearings throughout the county. The time, date and location of the…

In an effort to capitalize on all of its assets, the Grady County Joint Development Authority unanimously agreed to contract with a local pecan farmer to harvest nuts from approximately 125 trees at the Milestone Industrial Park. JDA Executive Director Chadd Mathis says that various individuals have been picking up the nuts, but he believes…

A former president of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 445 of Tallahassee, who is also a former Cairo resident, sought the Cairo City Council’s approval to host an event at the Cairo Municipal Airport designed to peak the interest of local youth in aviation. Danny Deason introduced city councilmen to the EAA Young Eagles…

Cairo city officials have determined that last month someone purposely logged into the computer system that regulates the water level in a groundwater storage tank at the water plant on MacIvor Drive and then “acknowledged” a low level alarm, but took no action to correct the problem. As it turned out, the city’s water system…

After a brief closed door session Tuesday night the Grady County Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Allen Jenkins to fill the unexpired term of Dist. 3 Grady County Board of Education member Byron Puckett, who resigned last month. Jenkins is the owner and operator of Allen’s Barber Shop at 80 First Ave. N.E.…

When it began in 1960 as a novel community club fundraising project, the Whigham Rattlesnake Roundup was the first and only event of its kind in Georgia, according to the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Now, more than a half-century later, it once again stands alone – the last of its kind in the peach state –…