Statewide distracted driving crackdown started Monday
The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, Georgia State Patrol, and local law enforcement officers are warning drivers to put down their phones because a statewide distracted driving crackdown began Monday. State and local law enforcement officers in Georgia have joined a week-long nationwide enforcement effort led by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which has…
Read MoreLocal man killed in hit and run Sunday
A 30-year-old Cairo man was killed while riding a scooter on the streets of Northeast Cairo during the wee hours of Sunday. A passersby found Ryan Owens, who appeared unconscious, and his wrecked Taizhou gas powered scooter at the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Fifth Street N.E., according to Dewayne Pearson, investigator with the Cairo…
Read MoreGrady E.M.C. members can pre-register for annual meeting
The 82nd annual meeting of the membership of Grady Electric Membership Corporation will be held next week and members may begin pre-registering at the E.M.C. headquarters beginning Monday, Oct. 12. Registered members will have the opportunity to win bill credits that can be applied to their monthly utility bill, according to Grady E.M.C. marketing and…
Read MoreSales tax audit results in boon for county and cities
Grady County and the cities of Cairo and Whigham along with other jurisdictions around the state recently received a big boost in their sales tax collections for the month of September. According to officials, the Georgia Department of Revenue has completed a three-year audit for the years 2015-2108 of various businesses of a certain type…
Read MoreGuerrero case goes to D.A. Mulholland
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is still awaiting a ruling from state medical examiners on what killed Paul Charles Guerrero of Grady County while he was in the custody of law enforcement officers in August. The case file, however, has now been turned over to Joe Mulholland, district attorney for the South Georgia Judicial Circuit,…
Read MoreLocal sales tax is now eight percent
Operators of business and commercial enterprises within Grady County are reminded that on Oct. 1, the total sales tax for all applicable sales in the county is 8 percent, up from 7 percent. According to county officials, no official notice will be issued by the Georgia Department of Revenue, as some have said had been…
Read MoreG.B.I. investigates officer-involved shooting here
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called in to probe an incident where a Grady County Sheriff’s deputy shot at the driver of a truck that allegedly drove towards the deputy after he had exited his car. The incident happened Tuesday morning, some time before 1 a.m. when the deputy attempted to initiate a…
Read MoreCharrette featuring Lew Oliver postponed
The Lew Oliver led charrette on downtown Cairo originally scheduled to begin Monday morning, Oct. 5, has been postponed temporarily. The rescheduled date has not yet been determined, according to Cairo Main Street Director Alyssa Blakley, who says the event had to be put off “due to unforeseen circumstances.” Oliver is a renowned urban and…
Read MoreVoters urged to use absentee ballot drop boxes
Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic. The drop box in Grady County is located behind the courthouse house in…
Read MoreHas Grady County turned the corner on COVID-19?
The number of new positive cases of COVID-19 continues to decline in Grady County, although a new death from the disease was announced this week by state health officials. A 72-year-old white male with no comorbidity was listed as passing away from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. That brings the total number of…
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