Area News

Through traffic enforcement in Grady County by the Georgia State Patrol, county coffers are boosted so when the GSP asks for assistance from the Grady County Board of Commissioners, our commissioners listen. Sergeant Tracy Tabb, soon-to-be-commander of the Thomasville Post, made a presentation to county commissioners Tuesday regarding the purchase of bar code readers used…

Grady County Commissioners held back on purchasing 20 Tasers at the request of Grady County Jail Administrator Captain Tim Gainous Tuesday. The jail administrator had obtained an offer to purchase 20 M26 Tasers with holsters for jailers at a reduced rate of $175 each for a total purchase price of $3,500. Grady County Commission Chairman…

A little penny may not seem like much, but when you have a bunch of them they go a long way as Grady County Commissioners learned Tuesday. The board was asked to approve expenditures totaling $270,729 and every last penny will come out of Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) funds designated for roads…

The much anticipated start of Phase Two of the 20th St. N.E. improvement project will kick off on Monday, Nov. 7, with the closing of the busy artery serving Eastside Elementary School from the intersection with U.S. Hwy. 84 to the intersection of 19th St. N.E. Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton said that section of…

The list of auction items for the upcoming fourth annual Grady County Historical Society’s Silent Auction is beginning to grow. A retreat to Pigeon Forge, Tenn., and beautiful Lake Seminole are two of the auction items sure to attract lots of bids. Other items range from oil changes to restaurant gift certificates to steak dinners.…

A Christian-based ministry designed to support girls and women dealing with unplanned pregnancies is preparing to open a facility in Cairo, and organizers are inviting the public to attend an informational meeting to learn more about the program next week. The Pregnancy Center of Southwest Georgia is expecting to open an office at 930 Fourth…

Grady County Tax Commissioner Phyllis Gainous says that 13,751 tax bills were mailed Thursday to local property owners and the bills are due and payable on or before Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. The bills mailed last week total $13,023,232, which includes state, county and local school taxes. Grady County’s Top 25 taxpayers are for the…

Young princesses, football players, monsters and fairy tale characters will skip along Broad Street Monday in search of candy during the annual Downtown Cairo Merchant’s Trick or Treat event. Many of Cairo’s government offices and downtown businesses will give out candy to costumed youngsters between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., Oct. 31. Parents must park…

In partnership with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP), the Georgia Emergency Management Association (GEMA) and several local health departments and first responders, Archbold Memorial Hospital, Brooks County Hospital, Grady General Hospital and Mitchell County Hospital will simulate responses during a regional emergency preparedness exercise on Thursday morning, Oct. 27. The exercise allows…

A group calling itself the “hit squad” allegedly terrorized a group of Doe Run Drive residents several weeks ago, attacking them and smashing neighborhood mailboxes, according to the Grady County Sheriffs Office. Deputies have arrested and charged three Cairo males – ages 19, 20 and 21- with one count each of misdemeanor battery in the…