Area News

Although more than 1,700 RadioShack stores nationwide are closing in the wake of the company’s bankruptcy filing, Cairo’s local dealer, Cook Electronics, is remaining open. The downtown business is a dealer of RadioShack products, but is not owned by RadioShack. Jerry, Gail and Justin Cook are owners/operators of the business. “RadioShack will not determine whether…

Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar was called onto the carpet Tuesday by members of the Grady County Board of Tax Assessors for actions he took in 2013 against Chief Appraiser Susan Bennett. Board of Tax Assessors Chairman Prentiss Mitchell and board members Julian Rawls and John Tillis appeared before the county commission Tuesday night. The…

Grady County commissioners are planning for the need for sanitary sewer and drinking water at Tired Creek Lake and on Tuesday night engaged with a consulting engineer for water and sewer pipes to be laid across the bottom of the 960-acre lake. The pipes to be installed would make water and sewer service available on…

The Grady County Historical Society will gather for its annual meeting at Cooper Cottage, 1721 Stagecoach Road, Spence community, on Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. An “Old Fashioned Box Supper” will be served for a donation of $7 per person.   Back in the 1920s, ‘30s and ‘40s, Box Suppers were held to raise…

Each Grady County band is making final preparations for next week’s Georgia Music Educators Association “Large Group Performance Evaluation,” commonly referred to as Band Festival. Next week, March 11-13, 40 Concert Bands from around Southwest Georgia will travel to Cairo to perform in the Cairo High School auditorium before G.M.E.A. judges who will rate their…

The Cairo City Council and City Manager Chris Addleton gathered together Monday night to begin discussing priorities for the 2015-2016 operating budget which goes into effect July 1. “We are moving into budget season and I need for you to let me know your priorities so we can get them in the budget,” Addleton said…

Last October, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar bragged to members of the Grady County Commission and the Grady County Lake Authority that the county had over $1 million more in cash as of Sept. 30, 2014 than it did the year prior. Unfortunately, Tobar’s “quick and dirty calculation” as he described it last fall has…

Grady County commissioners are planning to meet in a closed door session Thursday at 6 p.m. at the courthouse. This will be the fourth consecutive week that commissioners have met to discuss personnel issues. Last Tuesday night, commissioners met for over an hour in a closed session and for much of that time Grady County…

The Cairo Police Department will soon have body worn cameras for all patrol officers as well as investigators. On the recommendation of Police Chief Keith Sandefur and Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton, the city council Monday night approved the purchase of 20 new body worn cameras from VieVu of Seattle for a total cost of…

The Cairo High School Syrupmaker cagers continued their winning ways Saturday night advancing to the Elite Eight and moving another step closer to a state championship. The Syrupmaker Basketball Team, under Coach Isiah Chance, defeated the Monroe Area High School Hurricanes 65-50. Cairo will now travel Wednesday to take on the Lithonia High School Bulldogs.…