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Friday’s monthly Walk with a Doc, marks the one year anniversary of the community fitness event organized by local physician Dr. Meghann Blankenship. The milestone walk will take place at its usual location of Davis Park, located behind Roddenbery Memorial Library in downtown Cairo. The walk, which steps off at 8 a.m., will include refreshments…

Not a single application had been submitted as of Tuesday for the District 5 seat on the Grady County Board of Education recently vacated by Dave Dumas. The school board is accepting applications from District 5 residents interested in being considered for appointment to the board to fill Dumas’ seat until the general election in…

Grady County Board of Education members have expressed interest in improving the pay of teachers with 21-plus years of experience. The school board met last Thursday to review the budget proposed by Superintendent-elect Dr. Kermit Gilliard and Finance Officer Dan Broome. The budget does not call for a tax increase, but depending on the total…

A flurry of documents has been filed in the Grady County Clerk of Superior Court’s office over the last week regarding a lawsuit against Grady Electric Membership Corporation and its management but, as of late Tuesday, Judge Loring Gray had not ruled on any of the motions filed. Grady EMC attorneys filed an emergency motion…

The Grady County Board of Education announced this week it will solicit applications from candidates interested in serving as the District 5 school board representative. District 5 board member Dave Dumas surprised the board and community last week with his resignation announcement. Law dictates the school board will appoint someone to serve as Dumas’ replacement…

To subscribe to service call 229-378-2271 Grady County tested its Emergency Phone Notification Service last week just a few days before the beginning of the 2015 Hurricane Season. The calls went out on Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. The Hurricane Season began on Monday and lasts until Nov. 30. Local emergency officials said Thursday…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency will remain a tenant of the Grady County Agri-Center for at least another 10 years after county officials were successful in negotiating a new lease with the federal agency. Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar briefed commissioners on the details of the new lease Tuesday. FSA has been…

Private probation services in Grady County State Court and Grady County Magistrate Court will be provided by Judicial Alternatives of Georgia (JAG) effective June 11. Contracts between JAG and State Court Judge Joshua C. Bell and Chief Magistrate Lawton Heard were presented to the Grady County Commission Tuesday for board approval. The service had been…

Attorneys representing Grady Electric Membership Corporation, its board of directors as well as its current and former general managers, went to court last week in attempt to keep confidential information sought by plaintiffs who filed suit against the EMC last October. An emergency motion to stay discovery was filed in Grady Superior Court last Thursday…