Area News

The Cairo City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to appoint a Cairo banker to the Grady County Joint Development Authority. Charles J. Davis, Grady County president of Capital City Bank, was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of veteran authority member and JDA Vice Chairman Nancy Clark. Mrs. Clark has served…

The saloon doors will swing wide open for cowpokes and western darlings when they come out to the Wild Wild West Saloon and Gambling Room Saturday. The western themed event is a benefit for a Grady County Scholarship at Thomas University. The evening, held at Cairo’s Grady Cultural Center, will feature gambling tables, a silent…

Cairo’s Syrup City Players’ inaugural Theater in the Park was a hit with audiences who enjoyed the outdoor drama experience at Davis Park over the weekend. More than 250 tickets were sold to the two stage productions of “The Hobbit” held Friday and Saturday evenings. Audiences brought their own lawn chairs or blankets and sat…

The three candidates for mayor of Cairo faced off for the first time in a public forum held Monday and broadcast live on WGRA AM-790. All three touted their experience and service in local government as qualifications for becoming the city’s mayor. Candidate Bobby Burns served on the Grady County Commission for 16 years, as…

Country and Southern gospel music will be on stage at Cairo’s historic Zebulon Theater this week with two concerts planned as part of the ongoing efforts to raise money to convert the theater from celluloid film to digital. The Jeff Davis and Tired Creek band concert is Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Zebulon.…

Grady County State Court Judge Bill Bass is in hot water again. The Southern Center for Human Rights has sued Judge Bass and Grady County in federal court for the alleged collection of unauthorized court costs from defendants over a seven year period. According to the lawsuit, which Grady County officials learned of last Wednesday,…

As the deadline for letters of interest ended Tuesday there were a total of eight candidates to be considered by the Grady County Board of Education to fill the District 5 vacancy created by the departure of Scott Higginbotham. Higginbotham vacated his post by qualifying to run for Cairo mayor. School board members will meet…

The three candidates for Cairo mayor will have the opportunity to discuss their candidacy and share their views on city government at two upcoming political forums to be broadcast on WGRA-AM790. Jeff Lovett of WGRA announced this week his plans to host two forums featuring the candidates for mayor with the first set for next…

Whigham Mayor Jimmie Laing has resigned from office three months before his term was due to end and a new mayor was set to take his place. Laing, who did not seek reelection, announced his intentions to resign at the Sept. 10 Whigham City Council meeting. Saying he has personal reasons for his decision, Laing…