Area News
Cairo High School alum is fighter squadron commander at Moody AFB
Born into a family where working for the public good is a way of life, Brandon M. Kelly says it was only natural that he’d choose a career in the military, especially when it includes his true passion, airplanes. The 1994 graduate of Cairo High School is now a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air…
Read MoreEight applied for Southside principalship, interviews are being scheduled
A total of eight applications were received by the Grady County School System for the vacant principal position at Southside Elementary School. Grady County School Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard said this week he is in the process of scheduling interviews with the top three prospects. The superintendent said his goal is to make a recommendation…
Read MoreGrady and Thomas may split cost of new Extension agent
After a drought of nearly 30 years, the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service office in Grady County could have a Family Consumer Sciences agent added to its staff. Grady County Cooperative Extension Coordinator Deron Rehberg met with Grady County commissioners this week to discuss the possibility of adding a FACS agent, formerly referred to…
Read MoreCounty commission deadlocked on release of RFQ
The Grady County Commission has once again delayed release of a Request for Qualifications to potential developers of the county’s property around Tired Creek Lake. On Tuesday, the board was deadlocked 2-2 on releasing the document and the subsequent advertisement of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Commissioners Keith Moye and LaFaye Copeland voted in favor…
Read MoreBe on lookout for bogus bills here
The Cairo Police Department is warning local businesses to be on the lookout for counterfeit money. In the last week, four counterfeit $100 bills have been found in Cairo and reported to police. Two of the bills were used at different Cairo businesses, and two others were found on the ground in the parking lots…
Read MoreCity received first dividend check from consolidated CNS
Some naysayers never thought this day would come, but the City of Cairo recently received a dividend check from the South Georgia Governmental Services Authority for the operations of the consolidated CNS Cable & Internet service. Last year, the city council sold its assets in CNS to the SGGSA, which continues to operate the multi-city…
Read MoreSuspected drunk driver crashed multiple times in one mile stretch
Charges are pending against a 47-year-old Attapulgus man who was taken by life flight helicopter to a Tallahassee hospital after wrecking multiple times within a one mile span in Calvary early Friday morning. It was nearly 12:30 a.m. when Franklin Dwight Manuel first lost control of the 2005 Jeep Liberty he was driving on GA…
Read MoreNational Day of Prayer is May 3
Next Thursday, May 3, Grady countians will join with Americans across the nation to observe the National Day of Prayer. Citizens are asked to participate beginning at 11:30 a.m. next Thursday at one of seven remote locations and then come together for a joint prayer session beginning at noon at the Zebulon Theater. A youth-lead…
Read MoreCounty commissioner discusses solid waste concerns with city council
Grady County Commissioner LaFaye Copeland, a resident of southwest Cairo, appeared before the Cairo Mayor and Council Monday night to discuss the privatization of the city’s solid waste collection and disposal as well as the enforcement of city ordinances regarding solid waste. According to Commissioner Copeland, many of the residents of southwest Cairo do not…
Read MoreNew lake authority members get up to speed
As the Grady County Lake Authority and Grady County Commission prepare to advertise a Request for Qualifications from prospective developers of Tired Creek Lake, the fine tuning of the document continues. Newly appointed lake authority members Eric Cohen and Steven Childs attended their first authority meeting last Thursday afternoon and were brought up to speed…
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