Area News

The Washington Middle School Drama Club has been offering Barbara Robinson’s play, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” as its Christmas gift to the community for many years.This year the tradition continues with another cast taking the roles of the worst kids in school taking over the church’s annual Christmas Pageant. Always fun to enjoy are…

Grady County commissioners are unanimous in the opinion that county workers do an outstanding job day-in-and-day-out, but when it comes to paying county employees a Christmas bonus the board is split.County Administrator Rusty Moye recommended Tuesday that the board pay county employees their traditional Christmas bonus, based on years of service, out of $25,000 already…

An increase in the federally subsidized meal plans for school children may provide a glimpse into the current economic conditions in Grady County.According to Grady County School Nutrition Director Rhonda Keve, 54.82 percent of the students enrolled in Grady County schools qualified for free or reduced lunch when she became director at the beginning of…

Cairo businesses are on the lookout for fake cash after a rash of counterfeit $50 bills was reported in recent days. A counterfeit $100 bill was reported to Cairo Police as recently as Monday as investigators continue to probe the original six cases involving the $50s.One customer who tried to pass a bogus $50 bill…

Tickets are still available for this Thursday’s drawing to win a new John Deere Gator, a fund raiser for Grady General Support League.Only 400 tickets will be sold at $100 each for a chance to win the vehicle, which is valued at $16,000. The winning ticket will be drawn before the Cairo Christmas parade during…

The 85-unit strong Cairo Christmas Parade will step off tomorrow night, Dec. 2, 2010, at 7 p.m.The annual parade is sponsored each year by the Cairo Merchants Association and the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce.Chamber officials strongly advise parade participants that no candy or other items should be thrown from moving vehicles.“We cannot allow candy…

A tenant of Heritage Industrial Complex has filed suit in Grady Superior Court against the Joint Development Authority alleging damages caused by a leaking roof. The suit was filed by L&L Business Associates one day prior to the November authority meeting, and authority officials were not served with the suit until the following day.“We were…

The Georgia Public Service Commission is continuing its investigation into September’s natural gas accident that resulted in the death of Wendell Harrison, an employee of the city of Cairo. In response to an emailed query on the status of the probe, Bill Edge, public information officer for the PSC, states in his emailed response, “The…

With less than a month before the due date, there are a lot of taxes yet to be collected, according to Grady County Tax Commissioner Phyllis Gainous. As of Monday, the tax commissioner’s office had collected roughly 19 percent of the total taxes due. Mrs. Gainous says her office has collected $2,101,782 of the approximately…

The annual Cairo Christmas Parade is next Thursday night, Dec. 2, 2010, and officials encourage you to take advantage of the additional trash receptacles being put throughout the downtown by the city, rather than trashing the downtown business district.“We can put out extra trash cans, but we can’t make folks use them,” said Chamber of…