Grady County commissioners continued to tweak the county’s 2012 operating budget during a special called meeting Monday.For just over two hours, the board convened to make adjustments to the spending plan and, before adjourning for the day, commissioners unanimously adopted a tentative ad valorem tax rate of 11.77 mills, which is the highest rate the…

Dam engineers with Schnabel Engineering gave Grady County commissioners an update on the progress being made on the dam design for the 960-acre Tired Creek lake Tuesday night.Joe Monroe, Chuck Wilson and Bradley Boyer, all of Schnabel, along with Laura Benz of Wm. Thomas Craig’s office, the Tired Creek consultant, appeared before the commission this…

For over two hours Tuesday night the Grady Board of Education wrestled with upping the ad valorem tax rate, cutting expenses, and possibly budgeting an appropriation for Roddenbery Memorial Library.In the end the board voted unanimously to adopt the $35,235,919 operating budget for 2011-2012, but the board was split on increasing the millage rate from…

A very special Tour of Homes is being planned for Saturday, Sept, 10, 2011, by the Grady County Historical Society.Tour Chairman Yvonne Childs announced this week that the upcoming tour will feature many lovely homes, including Susina Plantation, as well as Bethel Methodist Church and the Grady County Museum and History Center.“It has been many,…

Byron Puckett has told a federal magistrate he is not guilty of charges related to the seafood business where he is vice president.Puckett, 41, entered a plea of not guilty Thursday in federal court in Albany, and was released on $10,000 bond. He is being represented by Bainbridge attorney Gilbert Murrah.Puckett is under federal indictment…

How does Grady County stack up against other Georgia counties when ranked according to mortality, morbidity, health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment?Statistics based on objective data gathered from public health institutions and health care practitioners can  provide an interesting snapshot of the area’s health care system.In a report prepared by…

Grady County Board of Education members will gather to fine tune its 2011-2012 operating budget next Tuesday evening and an appropriation for Roddenbery Memorial Library may be included in the spending plan. Roddenbery Memorial Library Director Pamela Grigg, fresh on the job for barely a month, made her first visit to a school board meeting…

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will be celebrating their pioneer’s arrival in the Salt Lake valley in 1847 and invite the community to participate on Saturday, July 23, beginning at 4 p.m. Check your family records, find an ancestor from 1847, and portray them. Bring a picnic supper and a blanket…

A public official in Grady County is under federal indictment for his part in an alleged scheme to unlawfully purchase fish from unlicensed fishermen for a seafood business where he works.Byron James Puckett is indicted on one charge of conspiracy and 24 violations of the Lacey Act, a federal law that makes it illegal to…

The Cairo City Council on Thursday night cleared the way for Grady Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) to lease tower space on its new communications tower.Based on the recommendation of the City of Cairo Planning Commission, the council voted unanimously to rezone the tract of land owned by Grady EMC where the main office and communications…