Area News

District Attorney Joe Mulholland is consulting with a law enforcement expert to help him determine how to handle the case involving Izaiah Goar who died while Cairo Police were attempting to bring him into custody earlier this year. Cairo Police Investigator Johnny Myers has been on paid leave for four months since the May 13…

Interest in the vacant District 5 Grady County Board of Education seat appears high as four prospective candidates have already submitted letters of interest. On Tuesday night, Grady County School Board Chairman Drew Pyrz outlined the procedure the board will follow in selecting a replacement for former school board vice chairman Scott Higginbotham, who vacated…

Grady County Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10, at the Cairo City Council Chamber in the Roddenbery Building with Betty Ashler, member of the Society and Birdsong Board member, sharing an interesting PowerPoint presentation about Birdsong’s Dickey Plantation era.  Her Master’s thesis involved studying the Behavior of the Purple Gallinule…

A 16-year veteran of the Grady County Commission qualified to run for mayor of Cairo on Thursday creating a three-man race for the city’s top elected official. Bobby Burns, a local realtor, appraiser and former banker, joined former county commissioner Charles Renaud and former school board member Scott Higginbotham in the mayor’s race. Mayor Richard…

Anyone who gets arrested and sent to the Grady County jail can plan on taking a special bath before being put behind bars. On Tuesday, Grady County Commissioners approved a request from Grady County Sheriff Harry Young and Jail Administrator Lt. John Walton to retrofit the inmate intake shower at the detention center. A recent…

Roddenbery Memorial Library and Syrup City Players are joining forces to offer an introductory acting class Tuesday, Sept. 10. Syrup City Players President Jeff Lovett along with Pat Orr, director of “The Hobbit,” will lead the class, which is designed to teach the basics of stage acting. The class will take place at Roddenbery Memorial…

One of the features touted as a reason to move the Grady County Tax Commissioner’s office out of the courthouse and into a former bank building is no longer considered asset. Grady County Tax Commissioner Phyllis Gainous notified the Grady County Commission this week of her plans to shutter the drive-up window at the courthouse…

Scott Higginbotham has vacated his seat on the Grady County Board of Education in order to run for mayor of Cairo. Saying the city is “dying on the vine,” the former school board vice chairman said he hopes to make a better future for the city so that children can return to the community to…

The Cairo city council approved a new policy Monday night which will allow nonprofit organizations to hang banners over Broad Street for advertisement. Modeled after a similar banner policy used in Thomasville, Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton recommended approval of the policy on Aug. 12, but councilmen expressed concern with Addleton’s proposed $50 fee. The…

When school reopens next Tuesday following the Labor Day holiday motorists traveling in northwest Cairo near Northside Elementary School should be aware of a new one-way street. After a delay which prevented the implementation before the opening of school earlier this month, the Cairo city council Monday night voted unanimously to adopt a revised city…