Area News

For the first time in a decade the citizens of Whigham will have a choice in who serves on their city council. When qualifying for the November 7 municipal election ended last Friday, a total of seven candidates had qualified for the five council seats up for election. Mayor George Trulock was the only candidate…

Cairo High School will host its annual fall open house Monday, but it will not be the routine event of years past. CHS Principal Chris Lokey and the high school faculty are planning a family-centered event designed for students, parents and school personnel to fellowship and build relationships in addition to enjoying food and fun.…

City of Cairo residents who have scrap tires, household appliances and other household goods that need to be disposed of are being encouraged to take part in the city’s upcoming citywide cleanup and amnesty week. Landfill tipping fees are being waived for city residents who want to clean up their properties and properly dispose of…

Cairo Police are looking for four men connected to a late night armed robbery of three restaurateurs. The operators of San Marco’s Mexican Restaurant in Cairo had just dropped off an employee in northeast Cairo and were driving north on Sixth Street Northeast when the robbery happened Saturday soon after midnight. The victims said a…

Qualifying for municipal elections got underway Monday and as expected a contested race for mayor of Cairo has already developed. Both Hansell Bearden and Booker Gainor qualified this week with Bearden qualifying Monday and Gainor on Tuesday. Cairo City Councilman James H. (Jimmy) Douglas was the first local candidate to qualify on Monday, according to…

Although Cairo and Grady County are outside the path of totality, we will still have a significant eclipse experience on Monday with an expected 90 percent of the sun covered by the moon at the height of the event. For Grady County educators, the eclipse is turning into a hands on teachable moment and the…

The former timber consultant for the Grady County Board of Commissioners confirmed Tuesday night that the county lost out on approximately $600,000 in revenue from the sale of timber in the Tired Creek Lake bed by revising its contract with N&W Timber in January 2014. That change released the firm from cutting all of the…

Total expenditures on the Tired Creek Lake project since 2004 are $36,953,692, according to a spreadsheet released by the Grady County Commission this week. The financial snapshot of the lake project from 2004 through June 30, 2017 was first released last Thursday, but was revised to include grant and state revenue for road improvements to…

Law enforcement officers are still looking for a pair of armed men who robbed a south Grady County business Monday morning. The same two men are wanted in connection with two more armed robberies that happened in nearby communities hours later, according to Grady County Sheriff Harry Young. Wearing masks and gloves, the men walked…

The Grady County Joint Development Authority is making a major investment in its Heritage Industrial Complex to repair a leaking roof and improve conditions for a major tenant at the former Roddenbery pickle plant. Authority members voted unanimously for $322,852 in improvements, which include the roof repairs as well as improvement in the interior lighting…