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Cairo Mayor Howard Thrower, III invited Chris Newman, Archbold’s vice president of clinical services, to speak with the city’s public servants, including the fire and police departments. Newman asked the first responders to “separate politics and medicine when it comes to the [COVID-19] vaccine.” Twenty-two of the police department’s 28 personnel attended Newman’s meeting with…

Cairo High School’s Nyla Jackson has been selected for the second year in a row as Youth of the Year for the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club of Cairo/Grady County. “It is an honor to once again be chosen as the J.R.B.G.C. Youth of the Year. I will do my best to represent my…

The Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce’s 95th Annual Meeting was a quiet affair compared to years past thanks to the requirements of life during a pandemic. There were no crowds, shared meals or entertainment this year, instead, the dignified ceremony was held online, and broadcast from the halls of Family Worship Center where the people…

The amount of new cases of COVID-19 has creeped up slightly in the last week here in Grady County, although the number of locals killed by the disease has dropped. Public Health information indicates that 50 more Grady County residents tested positive in the last week, bringing the total number of locals to have the…

The buoy line in front of the dam at Tired Creek Lake broke loose Friday and one end washed over the dam and cannot be retrieved until the flow of water, which has increased from heavy rains, subsides, according to Grady County Lake Authority executive director Mike Binion. Binion says he has had issues with…

A Cairo woman reported missing late Thursday was found safe and sound two days later in Tallahassee. Tallahassee Police located 33-year-old Monai Denise Boles Saturday afternoon. Cairo Police Chief Giovannie Santos says Ms. Boles was apparently “trying to get to Miami, Florida to visit with her father.” Her mother reported Boles missing to Cairo Police…

The 95th annual meeting of the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce membership will no doubt be one for the history books. Interim Executive Director Courtney King says this year’s meeting will be virtual due to COVID-19. The meeting will be streamed live via a link on the chamber’s Facebook page and the chamber website beginning…

Downtown Cairo will soon be the destination for some out-of-this-world French fries and a game of billiards. A veteran pool room, bar and grill operator is busy at work preparing for the opening of “Punky’s” in the former Radio Shack store at 141 South Broad Street. Robert Long, formerly of Winter Haven, Fla., is in…

Cairo Mayor Howard Thrower III, has not been in office a full year yet, but he has already caught the eye of regional and state leaders. It is also time for the mayor to consider whether to seek a full four-year term as the city’s top elected official. Thrower was voted into office in a…

The number of new cases of COVID-19 affecting Grady County residents is continuing to drop for the second week, however the number of local people dying from the disease has remained steady. Four Grady countians died from the disease in the last seven days, compared to three the previous week and four the week before…