Area News
Four dead donkeys disposed of along county roads
Over the course of the past two weeks Grady County Road Department crews have buried four donkeys that had been left dead alongside county roads in the Calvary area. During the first county commission meeting of 2014, Dist. 3 Commissioner Charles Norton recommended state officials be contacted to investigate if any more animal carcasses are…
Read MoreNew Year ushered in by Old Man Winter and dangerously cold temperatures
Folks who work and play outside can return to their jobs and routines in relative comfort as the temperature climbs out of the 20s and reaches into the 70s by Saturday. Local nursery employees had to work feverishly on Monday to cover plants and protect them from the cold weather. Temperatures fell throughout the day…
Read MoreSUSPECTS REMAIN AT LARGE
A pair of armed thieves remain on the lam as police investigate their robbery of Cairo’s Piggly Wiggly Thursday night. Minutes before clerks closed for the night, a pair of masked men ran into the store, located on U.S. 84, and yelled, “You know what time it is.” One of the men was armed with…
Read MoreState’s only appointed tax director is retiring
(Editor’s Note: this article originally appeared in The Albany Herald and was written by Carlton Fletcher. Ms. Hooten is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Collins of Grady County) When then-Dougherty County Administrator Alan Reddish initially looked over the 52 applicants for the county’s soon-to-be vacant tax director’s position in 1994,…
Read MorePolice are investigating Christmas Day burglary at Walmart
Just minutes into Christmas Day, a masked intruder broke into Cairo’s Walmart, on the one day of the year that the store, usually open 24 hours, is closed. Off-duty Grady County Sheriff’s Deputies Shawn Poitevint and Kelvin Nixon were working security for the store and were sitting at the front when they heard an alarm…
Read MoreDr. Walden is organizing meeting on healthcare
Cairo physician Linda I. Walden, M.D., has organized an informational meeting for the public to learn more about the Affordable Health Care Act in less than two weeks. The town hall meeting will take place at Dr. Walden’s church, Bethel AME Church in Tallahassee, on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. A panel of healthcare experts is…
Read MoreCounty renews contract for inmate healthcare
After negotiating with company officials, Grady County Administrator Carlos Tobar last Tuesday night recommended the county commission renew its contract with Innovative Healthcare Solutions to provide inmate health care at the Grady County Detention Center. “We’ve learned a lot about the process, and we have changed our procedures and they have changed theirs, too,” Tobar…
Read MoreCommissioners deny State Court judge’s pay request
Following a closed door meeting last week, the Grady County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to deny the request of State Court Judge Bill Bass for an increase in his compensation for 2013 and 2014. Judge Bass was seeking compensation for the value of the insurance provided to county personnel that the judge chose not…
Read MoreChristmas “greener” for county workers
Grady County employees got an early Christmas present last week when it was announced the board of commissioners had tentatively approved end of year bonuses for all county workers and on Tuesday night county leaders made it official. The Grady County Commission voted unanimously to ratify the verbal approval to pay $31,300 in end-of-year bonuses…
Read MoreCounty approves additional funds for library
The Roddenbery Memorial Library continues to struggle with state and local funding cuts, but on Tuesday night Grady County commissioners gave the library a boost albeit a small one. Vice Chairman T.D. David reminded his fellow commissioners Tuesday night the board had agreed in the summer during their budget negotiations to reconsider additional funding for…
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