Area News

The Georgia Board of Education has backed the Grady County Board of Education in its nonrenewal of the employment contract of a former veteran school system employee.Superintendent Dr. Tommy Pharis learned Monday that the state board upheld the local board’s decision not to renew the contract of former Washington Middle School Assistant Principal Elizabeth Heinlen.The…

Cairo Mayor Richard VanLandingham says he will seek another four-year term as the city’s mayor when qualifying opens later this year.“Overall, we’ve done pretty good over the last four years, but we can and will do better in the future,” Mayor VanLandingham said while discussing his re-election plans Monday.The mayor said one of his initiatives…

If you can’t wait to slip on your swim trunks and take a dip in the new county pool approved by the voters in the most recent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum, you may not want to hold your breath.Grady County commissioners, on a 4-1 straw poll, made it clear the majority’s preference…

District 4 Cairo City Councilman James H. (Jimmy) Douglas made it official this week. The first term councilman will seek another four-year term as the District 4 representative on the city council.“I believe I have been an asset to the city council and want to complete some of the projects that we have planned over…

Facing a potential financial dilemma, the Grady County Joint Development Authority (JDA) has propositioned city and county officials for possible financial aid to meet the authority’s credit obligations.The recent closing of Lining Innovations, a Wisconsin based firm that was leasing the 112,000 square foot facility off Wight Road, that was originally constructed to house the…

After Grady County officials caught wind of possible illegal dumping at a surface mine on Pine Park Road on June 26, state officials were called in and last week wrote up the Tallahassee firm.Grady County Code Enforcement Officer Larry Ivy and District 3 County Commissioner Charles Norton briefed the board of commissioners Tuesday on the…

The Cairo City Council is moving forward with its plan to limit the areas within the corporate limits of the city where personal care homes can be permitted.During a rescheduled council meeting Thursday, the council unanimously approved a plan to eliminate personal care homes as a conditional use in single-family residential districts including R-1, R-1A …

Grady County officials received a tip Friday of possible illegal dumping taking place at a surface mine located on Pine Park Road and immediately put a stop it, according to Code Enforcement Officer Larry Ivy.“I got a call about noon Friday that construction debris was being dumped at the mine,” Ivy said this week.The county…

Library Director Alan Kaye and the board of trustees of the Roddenbery Memorial Library are not backing away from the challenge of obtaining adequate funds to finance library operations in the 2009-2010 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Arthur Anderson and Elizabeth Heinlen, former Grady County school administrators appealing the non-renewal of their employment contracts, were dealt a blow this week.According to officials with the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE), the Albany attorney representing the two veteran local educators failed to make a timely request for oral arguments before the state board of…