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With less than a month before ad valorem taxes are due, less than a quarter of the total amount billed out has been collected by Grady County Tax Commissioner Phyllis Gainous’ office through last Friday. A total of $13,649,331 was billed out and 14,673 tax bills were mailed on Oct. 20. This figure represents ad…

The Grady County Joint Development Authority is prepared to make application to the city of Cairo requesting the annexation of Milestone Industrial Park Extension into the corporate limits of Cairo. JDA Executive Director Chadd Mathis updated authority members Tuesday on the project. This would bring all of the authority’s industrial park property east of Hall…

Grady County Joint Development Authority officials say that it is important to improve a major thoroughfare that serves large employers here and Milestone Industrial Park. JDA members discussed on Tuesday the opportunity for the authority to team up with the city of Cairo and Grady County to apply for a state grant to rehabilitate 20th…

The November Walk with a Doc will have a Thanksgiving theme this Friday morning at Cairo’s Davis Park. Dr. Meghann Blankenship says she will give away a turkey to one lucky walker as a door prize. Dr. Blankenship and Dr. Jason NeSmith will be at the walk to answer health questions in this informal setting…

Grady County commissioners took issue with Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar Tuesday night for his repeated use of a consulting engineer on county projects. During a discussion of a proposed rehabilitation of Old 179 north of Whigham on Tuesday night, commissioners pressed Tobar for his justification for bringing in an engineer on the project. In…

Grady County School System officials met with Art Allen and Jeff Brown representing the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club of Cairo/Grady County Thursday to discuss the transporting of club members from local schools to the clubhouse located at Holder Park. Currently, the school system is diverting five separate school buses from their normal routes…

Bolstered by the passage of the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax by local voters last week, the Grady County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to move forward with the renovation of the Southside Elementary School auditorium and to finalize plans for the construction of a new administrative building and classrooms on the…

Organizers of next week’s 2nd Annual Diamond Affair Dinner are encouraging members of the community to support the event as sponsors. The event is hosted by the Jackie Robinson Boys and Girls Club of Cairo/Grady County and will be held at the Grady Cultural Center on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 6:30 p.m. Sponsorships range from…

The Grady County Board of Education this week instructed the school superintendent and the operations director to meet with officials with the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club to discuss issues related to the transporting of club members from county schools to the Boys & Girls Club located at Holder Park. During Tuesday night’s meeting…

The seventh annual Grady County Historical Society Silent Auction opened Wednesday morning and interested bidders will only have until Thursday night to bid on hundreds of auction items. This year’s auction, which opened at 10 a.m. today, will last only two days with the exhibition of auction items. Interested bidders can visit the Agri-Center and…