Area News

Georgia U.S. Senator David Perdue is scheduled to bring his campaign bus tour to Cairo Friday morning, and the public is invited to attend. Jeffery Jolly, chairman of the Grady County Republican Party, says Perdue will hold a rally behind the local G.O.P. headquarters in downtown Cairo beginning at 10 a.m. Friday. “We are excited…

City leaders are wasting no time in moving forward with some of the plan proposed by residential and community designer Lew Oliver and his team, which was recently presented. Oliver’s conceptual plan for downtown development centers on the now vacant train depot in the center of the downtown business district. Oliver and his team have…

Local officials are making preparations now for the anticipated mass vaccination of community members for COVID-19. The first approved vaccine was shipped over the weekend and has begun to be administered to health care workers on the front lines of the pandemic as well as the elderly in long-term health facilities. Grady County Health Department…

Interest in early voting for the Jan. 5 runoff election headlined by two U.S. Senate races is record-breaking both statewide and locally. According to news reports, nearly 40,000 more people voted Monday statewide than did on the first day of advance in person voting for the Nov. 3 general election. Grady County chief registrar Malinda…

As the number of COVID-19 cases in Grady and surrounding counties starts to go up, local hospital officials are urging everyone in the community to continue to keep their guard up. Darcy Craven, president and C.E.O. of Archbold Medical Centers, which operates Grady General Hospital, issued the following statement Tuesday, “The number of COVID-positive cases…

Messenger columnist and amateur astronomer Randy Rhea has written a new book just in time for Christmas gift giving, “Astronomy is Heavenly.” Readers may recognize Rhea as the author of The Messenger’s monthly astronomy column. His new book is a guide to the history of astronomy and the beauty of the heavens. “Astronomy is Heavenly”…

United National Bank continues to support a local effort to raise a $7,500 local match for the REACH Georgia scholarship program. On Monday, UNB officers and staff members presented Grady County superintendent of schools Dr. Kermit Gilliard with a $3,000 donation. This is the third consecutive year the bank has contributed to the program. With…

Throughout the pandemic, volunteers with Grady County’s Help Agency have continued to serve clients, helping with food and certain bill assistance, and this week they’re ramping up efforts to make sure local families who have registered for their Christmas program get food for a holiday meal and even a gift for their children to unwrap…

Cairo Police say they are making progress in their investigation into last week’s robbery of Trawick’s Food Mart. Investigator Tyron Griffin says two armed men who robbed the convenience store are still at-large, however. Police were called to 1010 U.S. 84 W. at 10:53 p.m., on Dec. 10, where an employee and four witnesses said…