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Grady County Commissioner June Knight failed in her bid Tuesday night to terminate the services of Tired Creek Lake development consultant Will Butler. Knight made a motion to end the month-to-month contract with Butler, but her motion died for lack of a second. “After the chewing out we got last Tuesday night, I believe we…

Charles E. Peeler, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, has announced that a Grand Jury, sitting in Macon, has returned indictments charging 32 individuals, including a 28-year-old Cairo man. Frederick Donald, a/ka “Double D,” 28, of Cairo is charged with Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Distribute (Count 1), Possession of a Firearm…

After last Tuesday night’s vote to reject the recommendation by the Grady County Lake Authority to open Tired Creek Lake for duck hunting during the upcoming teal season, Grady County Commissioners voted this week 4-1 not to permit hunting during teal season, but to authorize the lake authority to revise its recommendation regarding hunting during…

Chairman to meet with state officials Thursday The continuing wet weather has caused problems for the Grady County Road Department, which is in the midst of major public works’ projects. After being asked for an update on the State Park Road project, Grady County Commission Chairman Ray Prince admitted to Commissioner Keith Moye, who inquired,…

County residents sought to know more information about discussions Grady County Commission Chairman Ray Prince says he has had with potential investors interested in purchasing all of the county’s property around Tired Creek Lake. Prince commented at public hearings last week that discussions were ongoing with potential investors, but the other commissioners were unaware of…

The Cairo City Council has agreed to let two different groups hold very different demonstrations in upcoming weeks, one to picket and one to pray. At their regular meeting Monday, the council approved the two applications for special event permits. Gordon Clyatt, on behalf of the “Take Back Our Grady EMC” group, was granted a…

With Grady County schools in the middle of their second full week, Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard marvels at the ease of the year’s opening. At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Grady County Board of Education, Gilliard said the school start has been “one of the smoothest that I’ve been associated with.” He said only one…

A jogger running in front of the Cairo Police Department early Tuesday was accidentally struck by a police vehicle as an officer returned to the station. Cairo Police Chief Keith Sandefur said that Lt. Dwight Patten was traveling north on Broad Street in a 2018 Dodge Ram pickup at approximately 6:30 a.m. when he turned…

The day after an 18-year-old boy from Climax was shot in Cairo, Cairo Police had a Pelham teenager in custody charged in the incident. The altercation happened last week in the 800 block of 10th Street Northeast. Radel Sweet of Climax was shot around 6:25 p.m. Tuesday, July 31. A friend, Marcus Gaines of Whigham,…

During its monthly meeting last Thursday, the Grady County Lake Authority approved fees for hunting during the upcoming teal season at Tired Creek Lake. Lake authority executive director Mike Binion says that teal seasons runs Sept. 8 – Sept. 23. Hunting will be permitted at the lake on Wednesdays and Saturdays during the teal season.…