Area News
Back-2-School Blitz is July 29
Grady County Family Connections with Cairo High School is hosting the 8th Annual Grady County Back-2-School Blitz later this month. During the event, students receive a bag of school supplies for free. Sponsors who fill the school supply bags are: CNS, GSAAP, Wal-Mart, Cairo Kiwanis Club, Grady General Hospital, and WellCare Health Plans. The Back-2-School…
Read MoreSmith joins First National staff
First National Bank, with offices in Cairo and Bainbridge, has hired a new member to its management team. Lorenda S. Smith joined the First National Bank staff this month as vice president and director of marketing & retail banking. “We are excited to have Lorenda join our team. Lorenda brings so much energy and enthusiasm…
Read MoreSellars asked to leave board meeting
Grady EMC director Ronald Sellars told The Cairo Messenger this week that he was asked by EMC President Bo Rosser to leave a board of directors meeting held last Thursday. According to Sellars, who was elected to the board last October and has been a vocal critic of the EMC management, at the conclusion of…
Read MoreHearing in EMC lawsuit is rescheduled
An emergency hearing regarding a recent lawsuit filed by Grady Electric Membership Corporation against W. Gordon Clyatt is expected to be postponed until Thursday, Aug. 17 at 3 p.m., according to attorney Gabe Ridley, who is representing Clyatt. Ridley sought a postponement to prepare for the hearing and Superior Court Judge Heather Lanier rescheduled the…
Read MoreA number of new state laws went into effect July 1
Dozens of new laws are now in effect with the start of Georgia’s fiscal year, including an end to a ban on guns on the state’s public college campuses. Gov. Nathan Deal signed 275 measures into law after the General Assembly adjourned at the end of March, and more than 100 of them took effect…
Read MoreRegister for “First Families” exhibit by July 15
The Grady County Historical Society is encouraging local residents to take advantage of the Roddenbery Memorial Library’s ancestry.com subscription to conduct research on their family tree. This fall, the society is planning to open a special exhibit at the Grady County Museum and History Center featuring the “First Families” of Grady County. “Have you ever…
Read MoreGrady EMC is collecting canned goods for food bank
The Grady County community is being encouraged to participate in the “Feeding Hope Food Drive” being conducted by Grady EMC in partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank. Donations of nonperishable goods are being accepted now through Thursday, July 6. The food drive kicked off Tuesday. To make a donation, drop by the lobby of the…
Read MoreSchool board sitting on $5 million in cash reserves
It appears that the Grady County Board of Education will have an easier time deciding on a spending plan for fiscal year 2017-2018 than they have had in recent years. With cash reserves of approximately $5 million and about $1.8 million in additional revenue, the school board has moved past the days of furloughs and…
Read MoreReassessment notices mailed out by county officials this week
The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts released the 2016 Sales Ratio study this week at the same time thousands of property tax assessment notices were mailed to Grady County property owners. Some residents report increases of up to 50 percent in the fair market value of their property. Annually, the DOAA analyzes data to…
Read MoreCouncil gives final approval to $41.9 million budget
Because of a scheduling conflict with next week’s regular meeting, the Cairo City Council met Tuesday evening instead, and adopted the $41.9 million budget for 2017-2018. Mayor Pro Tem Ernest Cloud Jr., presided over the swift meeting, which also included the approval of two requests to close streets temporarily for special events, a brief report…
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