Area News

The Grady County Health Department is continuing to take appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine, and this week Archbold Memorial Hospital announced it is once again open to scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments for eligible community members. The State of Georgia is still in Phase 1A+ of their vaccine distribution which includes: healthcare workers, long-term care staff…

The Cairo Rotary Club has announced that plans are underway for what could become an annual fishing tournament to be held at Tired Creek Lake. Details are being finalized for the 2021 edition of the tournament to be held on Saturday, May 1. The tournament will be managed by Wes Meadows of Reel Money Team…

Jeffrey “Jeff” Dean Ezell has been hired as the new director of Grady County Animal Control and will replace veteran director Shawn Mobley, who resigned earlier this year. Ezell will begin his new duties effective April 1, according to Grady County administrator J.C. (Buddy) Johnson III. Following a brief closed door session Tuesday morning, the…

A group of veterans from Tallahassee are doing their best to honor the service of fallen soldiers they never knew by visiting their graves in South Georgia and North Florida. The group made their way to Cairo on Friday and spent time at the graves of five Vietnam veterans laid to rest in the Cairo…

The Cairo Syrupmaids haven’t played a basketball game in 18 days and it showed in the first half of their round one AAAA basketball playoff game with West Laurens Tuesday night at the Cairo High School gymnasium. The Syrupmaids got off to a slow start and trailed by as many as 10 points in the…

Vandals have damaged the Georgia historical marker at Jackie Robinson’s birthplace in South Grady County. The damage, which is visible on both sides of the marker, was reported last Wednesday to the Grady County Sheriff’s Office. In his report, Sgt. Jeff Riggins with G.C.S.O. says it appears the damage is caused by “pellets from a…

Testing for COVID-19 is no longer offered in Grady County, at least for the time being, according to public health officials. That action follows several weeks of low numbers of new cases here. Michelle Thornton, director of the Grady County Health Department, announced last week that both Grady and Mitchell counties were removed from the…

After recording zero sewer spills in 2020, the year 2021 has gotten off to a bad start for the City of Cairo, but city leaders say they have a plan to address the issue. Since Jan. 27, heavy rain events have caused hydraulic overload at the city’s wastewater treatment plant in southwest Cairo that has…

T.C. Metzner, owner of Cairo’s McDonald’s for 42 years, has retired and sold the store to an operator out of Tallahassee. The new owner is Raphael Vazquez who already owned 18 McDonald’s franchises with his father in Florida. “I’m excited. I love the community there. I’ve driven around, and researched the history of Cairo, it’s…