Area News

Grady County commissioners are eager to hold a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum election prior to a vote on a penny regional Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. With the passage of House Bill 277, voters in the southwest Georgia region and elsewhere across the state will go to the polls in…

Negotiations are taking place in the CNS Cable theft case involving a former city of Cairo employee and former Cairo fire chief.District Attorney Joe Mulholland confirmed the deliberations but declined to make a comment, saying instead, “it would be premature to talk about the case until it is settled.”Mulholland said the talks may conclude within…

A group of citizens who make up the local community of Cairo Municipal Airport users has been meeting to formulate a plan which would allow them the opportunity to help make decisions concerning the future of the airport.Using the organizational framework of the Donalsonville Airport as a model, the group has developed bylaws for the…

When the Dr. M.L. King Jr. Day parade steps off in downtown Cairo Monday at 11 a.m., it will be led by a well-known citizen who has been named this year’s grand marshal.Pinkie N. Simmons, renown in Grady County for her many years of service as a midwife to the African-American community, has been selected…

When Georgia lawmakers convene next week under the Gold Dome in Atlanta for the 2011 legislative session, sharp knives, scissors, axes or red ink pens may be their accessories of choice. Grady County’s representatives in the Georgia General Assembly say they will have a daunting task of hacking down the state’s budget due to an…

The new year is only five days old, but Grady County commissioners are already having to dip into its contingency fund to pay some higher than anticipated bills.County Administrator Rusty Moye presented commissioners Tuesday with invoices for maintenance on the county’s electronic voting machines, its workers compensation insurance plan and its employee pension contribution payment…

Grady County 4-H is hosting its 50th Annual Hog Show and Sale later this month, and several parents and alumni are organizing a reception to mark the occasion. All former hog show participants are invited to attend the reception, which is scheduled to take place at 6 p.m., Monday, Jan. 17, 2011, at the Grady…

A Grady County bridge deemed by the Georgia Department of Transportation as “narrow and structurally deficient” will soon be replaced at state expense.County Administrator Rusty Moye briefed members of the Grady County commission Tuesday on the state’s plans to replace the bridge over Barnett’s Creek on Stagecoach Road.The proposed new reinforced concrete bridge will require…

Dist. 2 Grady County Commissioner Charles Renaud, who lost his  bid for reelection last month to Billy Poitevint, did not end his term quietly.During the last commission meeting of the year held last Tuesday, Vice Chairman Renaud questioned his fellow board members and County Administrator Rusty Moye as to when public hearings regarding zoning in…

Windstream Communications has announced it will be closing its Cairo business office and retail store at the end of the year.Local Windstream subscribers have been notified that the local office will close Dec. 31, 2010, and the nearest retail store in the area will be operated at 537 Veterans Parkway in Moultrie.Customers needing assistance with…