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After ignoring the county’s financial policies since being hired in 2013, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar was instructed by the county commission this week to begin following them. Tobar sought to have the policies revised to match the way he has solicited and received bids for goods and services since he was hired here. The…

A program at Yale University designed to train women in leadership has selected Laura Register as a member of this year’s class. Register will attend the Women’s Campaign School week-long summer session in June. “I am very honored and very excited,” says the member of Grady County’s Board of Education. The program’s stated mission “is…

Public invited to take part Sat., April 22 Eastside Baptist Church is organizing a Health Fair for the community that will take place in less than two weeks. A committee of church members has put together the free event for Saturday, April 22, 9 a.m. until noon. The free Health Fair will take place at…

A local educator who began her career at Northside Elementary School is returning to the school as its new principal. Dr. Cheryl Larkins, the current Southside Elementary School assistant principal, was named the new principal of Northside Elementary School at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Grady County Board of Education. Dr. Larkins was hired in…

A 38-year-old Cairo man was killed in a one-vehicle accident in Tallahassee Sunday morning. Kenji Lavarious Queens died in the accident, which happened on Old Bainbridge Road south of Langston Lane at 7:36 a.m., according to Capt. Jeffrey Bissainthe, spokesman for the Florida Highway Patrol. A report from FHP states Queens was driving a 2013…

The Grady County Board of Education on Tuesday night unanimously approved a plan by the county school superintendent to make a major shift in the administrative personnel at several of the county’s public schools. School Superintendent Dr. Kermit Gilliard met with each affected administrator prior to the spring break holiday last week and presented his…

Agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation say they are still actively investigating the February death of a newborn brought to Grady General Hospital as they await more medical evidence. Jamy Steinberg, special agent in charge of the GBI Thomasville Field Office, says additional lab reports from the crime lab are needed before they can…

Nearly two months after saying court action would be filed in connection with a power line project in northwest Cairo, the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia has taken no such action. MEAG notified members of the Northwest Neighborhood Association in writing on Feb. 13 of its intention to seek a declaratory judgment action in Grady…

A county dumpsite that is one of the most abused and untidy may soon be shut down and moved. Grady County Commission Chairman Elwyn Childs delivered a warning from a Pine Park property owner who said he wanted the dumpster moved within 60 days or he would see the commissioners in court. Grady County Road…

A Cairo man arrested for the January murder of Elijah Denzel Smith of Whigham will go before a superior court judge here next week. Nicholas Lequinte Perry will have a bond hearing on Thursday, April 13, at 9 a.m. in the Grady County Courthouse. Perry, 20, faces charges of murder and possession of a firearm…