Four Syrupmakers featured in Saturday’s Border War
“The Zone,”a high school sports magazine, is sponsoring the first ever South Georgia-North Florida Senior Bowl on Jan. 3, 2009, at Thomas County Central High School. Forty of the finest high school senior football players in southwest Georgia and Florida’s Big Bend will line up against each other at 2 p.m. in the first Florida-Georgia…
Read MoreChristmas Cash winners announced
Four lucky local shoppers certainly had a Merry Christmas this year. They were the winners of The Cairo Messenger Christmas Cash promotion, which is designed to promote shopping with local merchants during the holidays. In addition to the support of participating merchants, the promotion is co-sponsored by the local banks.
Read MoreChristmas Eve house fires were work of arsonist
State fire investigators have joined the Cairo Fire Department in searching for an arsonist who set ablaze a home where five people, including two young children, were sleeping Christmas Eve. That same unknown arsonist is also suspected of attempting to start another house fire nearby.Luckily, a smoke detector woke the sleeping family around 5:40 a.m.,…
Read MoreWhigham School honored
Whigham School Principal Demetrius Cox is not inclined to keep secrets from her faculty: but there are always exceptions.When Cox learned that Whigham School was one of only 13 elementary schools in the state of Georgia to be named a 2008 Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) Silver award winner, she decided to wait until the…
Read MoreSmith is new president of Citizens Bank
A local bank announced this week a change in leadership at the helm of the financial institution.
Read MoreSyrupmakers win state title
The Cairo High School Syrupmakers Saturday night in Atlanta completed its (14-0) perfect season and won the Georgia state AAA high school football championship by defeating the Flowery Branch Falcons 28-14.
Read MoreBus service available for both fans and students
For Cairo High School students who want to attend but don’t have a ride, CHS is sponsoring two student buses. These buses are for CHS students only, no adults, and no middle school, or elementary students will be allowed to ride. The cost is $15 for the ticket, and $5 to help cover transportation expenses. The buses…
Read MoreSyrupmakers to take on Flowery Branch Saturday
The Cairo Syrupmakers (13-0) take their second shot at the state AAA championship in as many years as they face the Flowery Branch Falcons (12-2) Saturday afternoon at 5 p.m. in the Georgia Dome. Cairo defeated last year’s state champion, the Carver-Columbus Tigers 42-13 to advance to the Dome, while the Falcons shutout LaGrange 28-0…
Read MoreCouncil at odds over neighborhood access
Two frustrated members of the Cairo city council vented Monday night after they pushed, but failed 3-2 along racial lines, to order construction of a new city street providing continuous access regardless of weather conditions for residents of the northwest neighborhood known commonly as the “Hotbed.”Councilmen Lannis Thornton and Ernest Cloud voted to construct a…
Read MoreFirst flu case of year reported
The State Public Health Laboratory (PHL) confirmed today the first positive influenza virus case of the 2008/2009 flu season. The specimen was sent to the PHL by an outpatient influenza-like illness volunteer provider. The patient is from Thomasville, Georgia.Other Georgia residents may have been diagnosed with the seasonal flu already but the Georgia Division of…
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