Area News
Birdsong and Gainey homeplace featured on Historical Society tour
The Grady County Historical Society’s “Tour of Grady County Gems: Homes & Heritage” will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, and tickets are now on sale at various locations in Cairo. Two of the featured stops on this year’s tour are the Birdsong Nature Center and the Ray and Kaye Gainey residence, which The Messenger…
Read MoreGreen is beating the bushes in support of sales tax for schools
A group calling itself “Better Schools for Grady County” has been organized to promote passage of the Education Special Purpose Sales Tax that Grady County voters will decide on in November. Grady County School System officials are hopeful voters will renew the one percent sales tax to provide funding for facilities improvements, purchase instructional equipment,…
Read MoreCounty close to catching up on paying city its share of SPLOST proceeds, Tobar says
The city of Cairo is closer to having all of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax proceeds that have been collected and received by the county to date. During a city council finance committee meeting last week, Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton reported that the county was tardy on disbursing the sales tax collection…
Read MoreCity continues to struggle with cash flow issues
The July 2014 financial statement for the city of Cairo continues to show that some city bank accounts were overdrawn as of July 31 and the chairman of the city council’s finance committee pledged this week “to stay on top” of the cash flow issues until they are solved. Last month, the city withdrew $1.2…
Read MoreCity calls for RR to maintain crossings
Cairo city councilmen want the CSX railroad to make repairs to railroad crossings within the city before motorists begin sending the city bills for cut tires. Councilman Ernest Cloud complained Monday night that the crossing at Fourth Street N.W. has spikes that stick up and could cut tires of vehicles crossing the railroad track. The…
Read MoreCounty opts for savings, eliminates sea wall
Grady County commissioners held a special called meeting last Thursday to participate in a conference call with Joseph S. Monroe, senior associate with Schnabel Engineering to discuss issues regarding the construction of the Tired Creek Lake dam. County officials were notified recently that it is unlikely there will be sufficient, suitable soil to complete the…
Read MoreLocal pilot and city council remain at odds
The Cairo city council earlier this year attempted to suspend the flying privileges of a Grady County aerobatic pilot at the Cairo Municipal Airport, but the pilot is continuing to fly at the airport and complaint phone calls continue to be fielded by city officials. The city council voted unanimously in April to suspend the…
Read MoreAddleton tapped for municipal association advisory council
Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton has been appointed to serve on a Member Services Advisory Council for the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). The role of the council is to provide ongoing feedback to the GMA staff on services needed to help cities operate more effectively and efficiently. The group will meet three to four times…
Read MoreCounty is awarded another large grant
Grady County is one of 82 Georgia communities that have been awarded a total of $39.7 million in Community Development Block Grants. Local officials learned Tuesday that Grady County’s application for a drainage and street improvement project in south Grady County had been approved and $489,167 awarded to the county for the project. The CDBG…
Read MoreRehberg makes case for Extension reorganization
A reorganization of the University of Georgia Extension staff in the Grady County office received the unanimous support of the county commission Tuesday night. County Extension Coordinator and 4-H agent Deron Rehberg presented a plan to reclassify positions within the current staff in order to upgrade the current 4-H associate position to a full-fledged Extension…
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