Area News
JDA taking steps toward construction of new spec building
Grady County Joint Development Authority officials are moving forward with plans to construct a new speculative building to be used in attracting a new employer to the community. JDA Executive Director Julian Brown updated authority members last Tuesday of a meeting held recently with consulting engineer Stacy Watkins, and Zane and Randall Myrick of GFA…
Read MoreDoes not look like Grady voters will decide on TSPLOST?this fall
It appears the Grady County Commission has dropped the ball on calling for a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum for this year. Facing an Aug. 8 deadline to call for a TSPLOST referendum to be placed on the Nov. 6 general election ballot, county officials put forward a proposed intergovernmental agreement for…
Read MoreGrady Ag Agent spoke at national peanut conference
Grady County’s extension agent, Ty Torrance, was a presenter at the 50th annual meeting of the American Peanut Research and Education Society held in Virginia last week. Torrance presented his findings from a two-year research project entitled, “Economics of Peanut Root-knot Nematode Control.” Torrance says he worked on the research with Dr. T.B. Brenneman with…
Read MoreCounty tentatively bumps millage rate by 3 mills
Grady County Commissioners met for just over four hours Friday and Monday afternoons reviewing the proposed 2019 operating budget and looking for opportunities to reduce expenses. The board has eliminated any cost of living raises and bonuses for county personnel and has not ruled out making cuts to the county’s workforce. On Monday afternoon, the…
Read MoreSheriff’s deputies upset with budget
A delegation of employees from the Grady County Sheriff’s Office appeared before the Grady County Commission Tuesday night to seek the board’s support for additional staffing and funding for the sheriff’s office. The officers likely have heard that the county commission is considering eliminating cost of living raises for county employees in 2019 even though…
Read MoreLocal gymnasts competed in national meet
A pair of young Cairo gymnasts brought home medals from the recent YMCA National Gymnastics Championships. Jaden Addison and Meygan Mobley, both rising 5th graders at Shiver School, competed with the Thomasville Twisters from the Butler-Mason YMCA in Thomasville. Addison was the team’s top scorer for All Around, and brought home the most medals, four.…
Read MoreCairo High School students competed in national event
Cairo High School had two students represent the school at the FBLA National Leadership Convention in Baltimore last week, and one earned a third place national award. Rising junior Zoë Prince and rising senior Meredith Renaud from Cairo were among the “best and brightest” students from across the country, according to CHS FBLA co-advisor Cecilia…
Read MoreWalden shares plan to increase student achievement
Grady County Assistant School Superintendent of K-8 curriculum Janet Walden updated the members of the board of education Tuesday night on curriculum goals and objectives for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year. Topping the list is increasing the percentage of all students and reported subgroups who are meeting or exceeding on state assessments. Mrs. Walden said…
Read MoreCommissioners debate engineering fees charged to the county
Grady County Commissioners approved payment of over $20,000 in engineering fees to its consulting engineer, but not before discussing the possibility of putting the county’s engineering work out for bid and the current agreement with its engineer. Invoices for engineering work done by consulting engineer Stacy Watkins of Watkins and Associates on the Old 179…
Read MoreLocal man killed in two-vehicle accident on Pine Park Road
A Cairo man was killed and another injured in an early morning head-on collision on Pine Park Road last week. Mark Andrew Coleman, 29, died in the accident, which happened at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 27, according to the Georgia State Patrol. Mauricio Avila, 24, was injured in the wreck while driving a 2004 Chevrolet…
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