Death toll rises and cases double here One week after Grady County recorded its first citizen dying of COVID-19, a second victim has succumbed to the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Health officials report that a 59-year-old Grady County man with underlying conditions has died. The number of Grady Countians testing positive for COVID-19…

Cairo Police say a man tried to pass a fake $100 bill at a Cairo convenience store late last week, but an alert clerk refused to accept it, and notified authorities. The suspect was driving a Chrysler 300 with a Mississippi tag when Cairo Police stopped him Thursday around 1:30 p.m. The officer had the…

Cairo mayoral candidate Daniel Hammond abruptly withdrew his candidacy Tuesday in a major shakeup of what had been a three-man contest. Hammond’s departure leaves Emory Thomas Sr., and Howard Thrower III, as the duo seeking to fill the unexpired term of Booker Gainor, who vacated his post by qualifying to run for the Georgia House…

“I’m hoarding all the money I can, just in case,” Grady County School System finance officer Dan Broome told members of the county board of education Tuesday night. The school system held its monthly meeting this week, with board members and superintendent seated more than six feet apart at individual folding tables inside the VanLandingham…

On Tuesday, the Grady County School System distributed another 7,260 meals to local children bringing the total of breakfasts and lunches distributed since March 17 to 55,432. No meals were distributed last week due to spring break for Grady County Schools, but the system partnered with Second Harvest Food Bank to distribute 350 boxes filled…

Nivel Manufacturing, whose sewers had already made 600 masks for area healthcare workers, have now donated more protective gear. Sewers with the local golf cart accessory manufacturer gave their time to sew masks and gowns for the Grady County Emergency Management Agency to distribute. “We donated about 90 masks and 10 gowns,” says Chelsie Cosby,…

Grady County reached a tragic milestone this week with the death of the first local person from COVID-19. The woman, who had not been identified by name at press-time, is a 57-year-old woman, according to the state Department of Public Health. Whether she had any underlying conditions was unknown, according to D.P.H. information. The number…

In the last two weeks, a Grady County woman has turned a small stash of sewing supplies into enough hand crafted masks to protect hundreds of healthcare workers. Becky Harrell says when she saw on social media that doctors and nurses were wearing cloth coverings over their N95 surgical masks to help them last longer,…

A new springtime tradition here is the annual Women in the Workforce luncheon hosted by First National Bank, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event will be live streamed only, according to First National Bank vice president and director of retail & marketing, Lorenda S. Smith. Local women are encouraged to register on…

Georgia’s primary election set for May 19 will be postponed three weeks to June 9 due to health and safety concerns over coronavirus, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Thursday. The move came after Gov. Brian Kemp extended the state’s public health emergency status another month to May 13, a step Raffensperger said was legally…