Area News

The local health department is making it really easy for folks to get the flu shot with next week’s planned drive-thru flu shot clinic at the campus of Cairo’s Northside Elementary School.The clinic is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The school’s address is 985 First St., N.W., and is located…

Qualifying ended Friday and the results in both Cairo and Whigham were the same. Cairo City Clerk Carolyn Lee reported late Friday that only incumbents qualified for re-election including Mayor Richard VanLandingham and Councilmen James H. (Jimmy) Douglas and Ernest Cloud Jr. Since no other candidates qualified the incumbents qualifying was tantamount to election. The…

The youngest students in Grady County have been hardest hit by the H1N1 flu virus in recent days with schools reporting a high level of absentees. School system leaders are communicating daily with health officials to keep them abreast of just how many youngsters are affected here, and are following their advice in the schools…

Cairo City Councilman James H. (Jimmy) Douglas was the first candidate to qualify in person for re-election this week. The very first candidate to qualify for re-election was Cairo Mayor Richard VanLandingham, but he did so by proxy. City Clerk Carolyn Lee reports that Mayor Pro Tem Ernest Cloud Jr. also qualified Monday. Unless someone…

Grady County Commissioner Charles Renaud made a push Tuesday to have the county study the possibility of locating the proposed new aquatic center approved by voters at Holder Park rather than at Barber Park.Throughout the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax negotiations and campaign, the pool was to be built at Barber Park. However, nothing…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has completed its investigation into a jailhouse brawl that took place August 21, which resulted in the death of a Cairo man.Wade Harry, an inmate beaten while in custody at the Grady County Detention Center died Tuesday, after he was removed from life support systems in a Thomasville hospital. The…

Digging a little deeper proved beneficial as the city looks for a new drinking water well site on the city’s west side.On Monday night, consulting engineer Stacy Watkins of the engineering firm Watkins & Associates briefed members of the Cairo City Council regarding the test well dug on city property located on Wight Road.”We talked…

First Term Open House will be held at Cairo High School on Monday night, Aug. 31, 2009. All parents are invited to come to the lobby of the auditorium no later than 7 p.m. to pick up their child’s schedule and a school information folder. There will be a short meeting in the auditorium conducted…

The Bainbridge Bearcats built a 16-0 lead over the Syrupmakers in the 2009 season opener Saturday night at West Thomas Stadium and fought off a furious comeback by the Makers to win 16-13. The Syrupmakers gave up 16 first half points, but held the Bearcats to just 46 yards in the second half. The Syrupmakers scored…

Poll workers manning the early voting for the Educational Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (ESPLOST) going on now at the courthouse are keeping busy by reading magazines and crocheting scarves.  The Grady County Board of Education is seeking the voters’ approval to levy the penny sales tax for five years in hopes of generating…