Area News

The city of Cairo’s net tax digest jumped up $5,907,055 over 2014, with the bulk of the growth coming from the reassessment of real property by the Grady County Tax Assessors The net digest grew from $170,521,183 to $176,428,238. While significant increases in value of commercial and residential property was realized, the value of motor…

Over a million dollars in payments to vendors, money owed by the city of Cairo, will begin to flow today after the Cairo City Council Monday night voted unanimously to draw down $1.2 million from a reserve account to cover the checks. Vendors have not been paid since June 4 and $1,210,813.56 in undistributed accounts…

Thieves have targeted outdoor storage buildings in Grady County this month, stealing thousands of dollars worth of tools and equipment. The Grady County Sheriff’s Office is investigating at least six burglaries reported over a 16-day period in an area mainly north of Cairo. The largest heist was reported on Sunday, July 13, at a home…

A committee of disgruntled members of the Grady Electric Membership Corporation has launched a petition drive in the hope of obtaining signatures from a minimum of 10 percent of the approximately 13,100 members of Grady EMC in order to elect a new board of directors and eject the current management. The group is calling itself…

A Cairo man was flown via Life Flight helicopter to a Tallahassee hospital Wednesday afternoon after a car ran over him around 2:20 p.m. Cairo Police are investigating the incident. Witnesses say the victim had been arguing with the driver of a 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix moments before the driver put the car into reverse…

Calling all local actors young and otherwise, Syrup City Players is holding auditions this weekend for its fall production, “Cheaper by the Dozen.” Veteran theatrical director Pat Orr is leading the show and says the script calls for two adult men and two adult women, along with children and youth between the ages of 5…

Members of the Grady County Historical Society are busy making preparations for the upcoming 2014 tour of homes to be held on Saturday, Sept. 27. This year’s event is being billed as a “Tour of Grady County Gems—Homes & Heritage” and will feature historic and modern homes, a historic church, plantation properties and the Grady…

Grady County republican voters flip flopped in the U.S. Senate runoff and this time the majority supported the loser. As The Messenger went to press Wednesday unofficial returns statewide indicated David Perdue narrowly defeated 11-term U.S. Representative Jack Kingston for the republican nomination with 50.83 percent of the vote to Kingston’s 49.17 percent. However, the…

The foot can now press a little harder on the gas pedal on some stretches of U.S. 84 in Grady County thanks to a higher speed limit. The state has raised the limit by 10 miles per hour from 55 to 65 in some areas. “I think 65 is a good speed,” says Grady County…

To help make it easier for parents to ensure their children are in compliance with the state’s back-to-school vaccination requirements, the Grady County Health Department is conducting an extended-hour immunization clinic. The clinic is scheduled for Thursday, July 31. “We will devote our attention on July 31 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. to assisting…