Area News

Local employers will want to be sure to make reservations now for the upcoming Administrative Professional’s Day luncheon to be held on April 24, hosted by the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce. The theme this year will be based around the popular Kentucky Derby that will be run next month. Participants are encouraged to dress…

The tally is finally in, and it appears the recent Diamond Affair raised about $90,000 for the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club. The tribute dinner and renaming event of the youth center in honor of the Grady County native took place here the weekend of March 15-16 with Robinson’s daughter, Sharon, on hand along…

A section of lighting at Grady County’s Barber Park will soon be repaired after having been damaged in a lightning storm last year. According to Grady County Commission Chairman Billy Poitevint, the electrical system powering the field lights has been re-engineered following the near fatal accident involving a county employee in July 2012. On Tuesday,…

At least two members of the Grady County Board of Education want to take the time necessary to give “due diligence” to the superintendent search before making any final decisions. Board members met last Wednesday in Thomasville to interview four candidates for the superintendency. The board also picked out two other candidates who could be…

Residents of Pine Lakes Drive in south Grady County appeared before the Grady County commission Tuesday seeking relief from stormwater drainage that residents say is causing property damage and vehicles to get stuck. Geraldine Dixon, a resident of Pine Lakes Drive, served as the spokesperson for the group. She shared photos and even a video…

A deluge Sunday caused three sewer spills here, according to city of Cairo officials. All three were due to hydraulic overload from excessive storm water entering the city’s sanitary sewer system. The first spill reported occurred between 7:45 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. at the city’s wastewater treatment plant in southwest Cairo. City officials report that…

The Georgia Department of Transportation is “strongly” recommending the Cairo City Council consider closing the railroad crossing at Third Street S.E. Last May, the DOT and CSX Transportation made a recommendation to the city for railroad crossings at Third and Sixth Streets S.E. be closed. The city rejected both, but in a letter from the…

Grady County Board of Education members are sequestered in Thomasville today interviewing four candidates for superintendent of the county school system. According to Board Chairman Drew Pyrz, the five members of the board met Sunday with Bill Sampson, consultant with the Georgia School Boards Association, from 2 p.m. until 7:40 p.m. at the VanLandingham Center…

Another of the creditors for the Grady County Joint Development Authority is looking to be repaid money it loaned the authority to ease its financial burden. After reading last week that Grady County commissioners wanted to discuss payment on a $594,158.94 loan made to the JDA before voting to the renew the note, Cairo city…

Hunters chomping at the bit ready to hunt hogs on Grady County’s Tired Creek Lake property may as well put the gun back in the cabinet and the dogs back in the kennel. Grady County commissioners met Tuesday night with Corporal Mike Binion of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division to discuss…