Area News
VFW Post seeks more members or face closure
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8433 is on the verge of losing its charter if it is unable to add more members in short order, according to Acting Commander Douglas Taylor. The VFW will meet tomorrow night, Aug. 6, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Grady Room of Roddenbery Memorial Library. “As more of…
Read MoreReproductions of paintings, including Picasso, to be on display at CHS
Giant reproductions of works by four Hispanic artists, including Pablo Picasso, will be on display at Cairo High School beginning Monday. The Teacher’s Discovery Traveling Exhibits will feature the works of Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The artists’ exhibits will be displayed for two weeks each in the high school’s main…
Read MoreCounty solicits bids on new Gainous Rd. bridge
Bids are now being solicited for the replacement of the bridge on Gainous Road, which is part of the overall Tired Creek Lake infrastructure improvements. The bridge project will be paid for using proceeds from a $1.2 million grant awarded to the county in June 2014 by the State Road and Tollway Authority. The new…
Read MoreMandy Cochran is Grady General’s employee of the year
Mandy Cochran is the 2014-2015 Employee of the Year at Grady General Hospital. The honor was announced during the hospital’s annual employee picnic recently. Cochran began working at Grady General Hospital in 2010 as a speech language pathologist in the hospital’s rehabilitation department, where she still works today. “Mandy is an amazing employee. She goes…
Read MoreCity gets less money from state for paving, but nearly seven miles of streets will be resurfaced
The city of Cairo will receive less state money to assist with street resurfacing in fiscal year 2015-2016, but that is not stopping the city council from tackling an ambitious street resurfacing project. On Monday night the city council authorized Mayor Bobby Burns to execute the Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant…
Read MoreCouncil eliminates cap on package stores in Cairo
The Cairo City Council voted 3-2-1 Monday night to lift a restriction on the number of liquor stores within the corporate limits. Previously, city code restricted the number of package stores to one for every 3,000 residents, which based on the city’s population, allowed up to three locations. In May, Thomasville businessman David Cochran, owner…
Read MoreCouncil forced to delay fire truck purchase until financing is set
A possible kink in the city’s plan to pay for a new fire engine resulted in the Cairo City Council tabling action on awarding a bid for the new vehicle. The 2015-2016 operating budget includes $450,000 for a fire truck and $60,000 for equipment. Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton had proposed financing the purchase and…
Read MoreCouncil opts for larger capacity ground storage tank at airport
The city of Cairo will soon invest just over $500,000 for a new ground storage tank for the new water plant being constructed at the Cairo Municipal Airport. Bids for the project were opened on July 9 and presented to the city council Monday night for its consideration. As an alternate bid, the bidders were…
Read MoreJDA just months away from paying off $450,000 loan
A $450,000 Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) that was obtained by Grady EMC for the Grady County Joint Development Authority will be paid off in September, authority members were told this week. The loan was made to the JDA in Oct. 2005 and was a zero interest loan that the authority used to…
Read MoreWater and sewer line to be laid beneath Tired Creek Lake
A major infrastructure project at Tired Creek Lake was approved by Grady County Commissioners Tuesday night. In preparation for water and sewer service around the lake county commissioners are pushing forward with the installation of pipe for future water and sanitary sewer underneath the lake bed and crossing the lake from east to west. Consulting…
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