Area News

Douglas asks for more detailed report from police The amount of overtime being paid for in the Cairo Police Department continues to attract the attention of the Cairo City Council. On Monday night, Councilman Kermit Gilliard questioned the overtime report for the period beginning Aug. 10 and ending Sept. 7, which indicated 175 hours of…

After Grady County School System officials voiced concerns last month over a “new” City of Cairo policy of charging other local government entities for building permits, the Cairo City Council on Monday night voted to grant a blanket waiver on building fees for Grady County and Grady County Board of Education building projects. “I’m looking…

While trying to arrest a Cairo man on outstanding drug arrest warrants, local law enforcement officers say they discovered a suspected methamphetamine lab, and caught the man they wanted. Cary Brandon Smith, 30, 259 D&G Lane, had been on the run since March, but he was taken into custody last week. Shortly after midnight on…

Cairo Police have not made a decision about whether to lodge charges against an 18-year-old Cairo girl who was driving an SUV when a Cairo man was stuck and killed nearly three weeks ago. Police are still waiting on results of an autopsy and toxicology report on the victim from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.…

An overly adventurous, slithering snake shorted out a power circuit early Monday morning, and plunged thousands of Cairo homes and businesses into deeper darkness. Sometime after 3:30 a.m., about 1,800 to 2,000 electricity customers with the City of Cairo lost power for nearly an hour. Rod Prince, energy services director for the City of Cairo,…

The Grady County Board of Education has approved the purchase of a final tract of land it wanted on Third Street S.E., across from the Southside Elementary School campus. On Tuesday night, the board voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the Thorsby property at 430 Third St. S.E. for the negotiated price of $20,387.…

Heroes breakfast also to be held The Cairo Fire Department and Woodmen of the World will host a 9/11 Memorial Service this Friday at the city fire department headquarters. The event begins at 10 a.m. and the community is invited to participate. Also on Friday morning, public safety personnel and active duty military personnel will…

Not a single candidate has qualified for the upcoming municipal election in Whigham as of the close of business Tuesday, according to Whigham City Clerk Lisa Calhoun. All city councilmen and the mayor of Whigham are up for election this year. Current councilmen include Carole Booth, Jeffrey Brinson, Janice Brinson, Jim Sellers, and Joe Singletary.…

Three southwest Georgia attorneys, none of whom have any apparent connection with any Georgia electric membership cooperative, have been appointed to an independent litigation review committee to review claims made against Grady EMC by a group of disgruntled EMC members. Superior Court Senior Judge Loring A. Gray Jr., made the appointments official in a court…

Grady County officials have pulled together financial information regarding Tired Creek Lake to show income and expenses connected to the project, at the behest of Grady County Commissioner T.D. David. According to the numbers provided by Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar, the commissioners have approximately $6.6 million left that they can spend on the lake…