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Grady County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a proposed solar farm ordinance drafted by attorneys for a prospective developer opting for the county attorney to draft his own ordinance. Apparently, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar had conferred with representatives of a firm that has expressed interest in developing a solar project possibly as large as 500…

Kids Against Hunger in Cairo is sending pallets of food to aid Syrian refugees camped in nations that border their war-torn homeland. Melvin Horne is with the local charitable group and says donations to help defray freight charges would be helpful. Horne says he had already loaded 15 pallets of food Tuesday on a truck…

One Cairo city councilman wasted no time in moving to restrict proceeds from an upcoming sale of the city’s assets in CNS Cable to the Southwest Georgia Governmental Services Authority. Councilman James H. (Jimmy) Douglas, who serves as chairman of the council’s finance committee, made a recommendation Monday night to reserve the estimated $3.4 million…

The purchase of another new city vehicle was a major point of discussion at Monday night’s Cairo City Council meeting. This week’s action comes on the heels of a recent purchase of three new vehicles for the Cairo Police Department last month. This time the council was considering a request from Cairo Fire Chief Bill…

By Editor Powell Cobb Bainbridge Post-Searchlight Reprinted with permission A former Gwinnett County assistant district attorney arrested in January on charges related to a prostitution ring bust in Dunwoody was hired by Joe Mulholland, the district attorney for the South Georgia Judicial Circuit. Christopher Quinn, 46, resigned from his position on Feb. 24 and was…

After meeting with representatives of The Croy Group last July the Grady County Lake Authority scheduled a second meeting this week to further discuss contracting with the company to assist the county in the development of the Tired Creek Lake project. In addition to the authority members, which included Chairman Lee Gainous, Vice Chairman LaDon…

The Grady County Commission has now acquired all of the right-of-way necessary to pave State Park Road, which will be the main entryway to the 960-acre Tired Creek Lake. After many months of negotiations, county commissioners voted publicly to ratify the verbal approval the board had given County Attorney Kevin S. Cauley in previous closed…

Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar appeared giddy Tuesday night in announcing that the concession stand at Barber Park is now serving what he described as “gourmet cracklins.” Tobar went on to describe the new offering as “gourmet ethnic food.” Grady County Commission Vice Chairman Ray Prince asked Tobar if cracklins were considered an ethnic food…

The Grady County Joint Development Authority held its first meeting since the resignation of its executive director Tuesday. JDA Vice Chairman Robbie Burns has stepped in to handle the duties of the executive director and this week he was praised by JDA Chairman Charles M. Stafford for his extra effort. “Robbie has really gone the…