Syrupmakers ground Eagles
After a slow start, the Cairo Syrupmakers broke loose with 27 second half points and defeated the Mitchell County Eagles 41-14 in a preseason scrimmage. “We were kind of standing around the first half like we were waiting on someone else to make a play, but did a better job in the second half,” said…
Read MoreDOT opens Joyner Road and new bridge
Officials with the Georgia Department of Transportation announced Friday afternoon that Joyner Road and the new bridge over Little Tired Creek is now officially open. Today’s opening is exactly a week later than previously announced by the state.Last week state officials said the bridge would reopen on Friday, August 7, but had to push that…
Read MoreElder Max Childs passed away Friday
Funeral services for Elder Max Childs, 73, of Grady County, GA, will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. at Mizpah Primitive Baptist Church, Grady County, Pelham, GA. Elder James Smith, Elder Jon Mizell, Elder Walter Todd and Elder W. H. Phillips will officiate. Interment will follow in Mizpah Cemetery. Active pallbearers…
Read MoreCairo gets another stimulus boost
Cairo is one of 23 Georgia communities that were awarded a combined $10.3 million in Community Development Grants funded with stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the State Community Development Block Grant Recover Act program (CDBG-R). The City of Cairo is set to receive $400,000 for drainage and…
Read MoreFinal rites planned for Irma L. Nolen Davis Saturday
Irma L. Nolen Davis, 82 died Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, GA. She was a native Floridian; born December 28, 1926, in Fort Myers, FL to Oscar Relius Nolen and Mary LuVennia Segars Nolen. She was the baby of ten children. In 1942, she married Noah Edison Davis, the love of…
Read MorePlane clips power lines causing major power outage
A crop duster about to spray a field just north of Cairo clipped an electrical transmission line and thousands of homes and businesses in Grady County and portions of Thomas and Decatur counties lost electric power Saturday morning. Luckily, the pilot, identified as Gary Prince, was able to maintain control and land the plane safely…
Read MoreSyrupmakers to scrimmage Thursday
The Cairo Syrupmakers will scrimmage the Mitchell County Eagles Thursday night at 6 p.m. The scrimmage will give coach Tom Fallaw and his staff an opportunity to get a very young Syrupmaker team in a game-like situation.“We have a lot of young, inexperienced players at just about every position and right now, they need some game…
Read MoreEnhanced newspaper website offers users new features
The new and enhanced www.cairomessenger.com went live last week and offers users added features not available previously.With the new site, the newspaper is able to alert readers of breaking local news via their computer or smart phone.Just hours after The Messenger went to press last week, State Rep. Mike Keown announced his intention to challenge…
Read MoreStill no arrests in robbery that resulted in lock-down of local schools
Principals of both Washington Middle School and Northside Elementary School ordered the two schools locked down following a robbery at a nearby convenience store just before noon Monday.Butler’s Grocery, located at 1390 M.L. King Jr. Ave. S.W., across from Washington Middle School, was robbed Monday morning resulting in school officials locking down the two nearby…
Read MoreU.S. Representative Sanford Bishop to host town hall meeting
Congressman Sanford D. Bishop Jr. announced this week that he will hold a series of town hall meetings to discuss the very important issue of health care reform. The meeting closest to Grady County will be held Thursday, Aug. 20, from 10 a.m. until noon at the Kirbo Regional Center on the campus of Bainbridge…
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