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“Roll with Don Cole” tour coming to Cairo on Sept. 15 Republican congressional candidate Don Cole, a pastor, public administrator, consultant and former member of the Trump Administration announced the “Roll with Don Cole” tour of 29 counties across the 2nd Congressional District that includes a stop in Cairo next Tuesday, Sept. 15. Cole invites…

Grady County Archway Professional Whitney Brannen is one of 32 participants from across South Georgia who have committed to investing in the future vitality of the region by participating in the 2020-2021 class of South GeorgiaLEADS.  Representing 14 counties of the 21-county region, the desire to engage in the issues facing South Georgia is a…

The rate of increase in new COVID-19 cases continues to decline in Grady County, although the number of people killed by the disease jumped by five this week. The Georgia Department of Public Health added five more Grady County residents in the last week to its list of COVID-19 fatalities for a total of 17…

  The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has pardoned Cairo native and former N.F.L. football player Christopher Sheffield. The former offender addressed the Parole Board on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Christopher Sheffield spoke to the board about his life, including a successful pro football career, addiction, prison, parole and recovery. Sheffield was born in Cairo…

The Cairo Fire Department is slowly getting back up to full staff after five of the firefighters tested positive for COVID-19 late last month. “All the firefighters are doing very well,” stated Bill Schafer, chief of the Cairo Fire Department, Tuesday. “Two of them return to work this week, and the other three will return…

Grady County’s auditor presented the 2019 audited financial statements to the county commission this week and the report included one a single finding, one which auditor Perry Henry said could never be resolved. From a high of 12 significant reportable findings in the audit for 2017 when Henry became the county’s auditor to five in…

Public health officials report four more Grady County residents have died from COVID-19, bringing the total number of residents to succumb to the disease to 12 since the pandemic began. Of those four, only one had underlying issues, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health information. A 77-year-old person not identified by race or…

The Grady County Probate Court is currently closed to the public through Monday, Sept. 14, according to Grady County Probate Judge Denise Maddox. Judge Maddox had to close her office due to the quarantine of court personnel for possible exposure to an individual(s) infected with COVID-19. “We regret any inconvenience. I have alerted local attorneys…

Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton reported this week that the Cairo Police Department will begin to move into his new headquarters on Third Avenue N.W. beginning next week. New furniture for the C.P.D. headquarters was delivered this week and was being assembled and put into place Tuesday. “We may not be completely moved in by…

Even as some local educators remain at home due to COVID-19, either ill with the disease or on precautionary quarantine, many Grady County students are preparing to return to their schools Tuesday, Sept. 8, for the first time since the buildings closed in March due to the pandemic. Those students who are coming back to…