A manual recount conducted this morning (Thursday, June 11) of the unofficial returns from Tuesday’s primary election regarding the District 1 county commission post and Grady County tax commissioner was completed in just over two hours, but the results are unchanged from Tuesday night. Grady County Election Superintendent Denise Maddox said she was contacted Wednesday…

Cairo High School has announced its official plans for an in-person graduation ceremony for the Class of 2020. The ceremony is scheduled to take place in West Thomas Stadium this Saturday at 9 a.m. Each senior is allowed to invite a maximum of four guests to attend. Regardless of age, guests must have a ticket…

A 1982 Cairo High School graduate, Judy Clements Parks, now a music teacher in Americus, has been recognized by the Georgia Charter Schools Association as a Teacher of the Year. Parks, who is the music advisor for kindergarten through fifth grade at Furlow Charter School in Americus, was honored with the Reach for the Stars…

On the morning of Tuesday, June 9, 2020, Southern Regional Technical College and Thomas University finalized an articulation agreement that will allow S.R.T.C.’s Land, Forest, Wildlife Management graduates to seamlessly transition to the Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource and Conservation Management program at Thomas University in Thomasville. The partnership between the two institutions will…

Grady County voters overwhelmingly approved adding an additional one percent sales tax to local purchases to fund transportation improvements in the county as well as in the cities of Cairo and Whigham. Nearly $15 million is projected to be generated by the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax approved by voters Tuesday by a…

It only took City of Cairo poll workers just over an hour to count, double and triple check the results of Tuesday’s special election and announce the results. Howard Thrower III, coasted to an election win beating Emory Thomas Sr., 453 to 175 in unofficial results. There were 263 voters who cast ballots on Tuesday,…

It was after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday before the final results of Tuesday’s primary election in Grady County were known, ending a stressful and trying day for local election officials and poll workers. With a larger number of mailed absentee ballots than ever before in a local election and a totally new voting system being used…

The wide smile on her elated face told the story of a young woman whose four years of hard work and dedication had paid off. As Cadet Lieutenant Commander Kaylie Boyett held the ceremonial check for $285,000 in her hands, she said she was thinking back over the last four years of all the effort…

A Cairo man is being held in the Mitchell County Jail in connection to the shooting death of a man there last week. Antwan Dominic Shivers, 25, is charged with one count of Malice Murder, four counts of Aggravated Assault, and one count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Crime. Shivers…

Grady County youngsters started this week practicing baseball through the Grady County Recreation Department, a delay thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Director Becky Bracewell says teams of youngsters ages 8 to 14 hit the fields Monday evening under special restrictions in hopes of protecting the players, coaches and families from the virus. “Our visitors at…