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With Georgia being reported to have recorded the largest number of new cases of COVID-19 in the nation over the past seven days, the City of Cairo has re-instituted a requirement for facial masks to be worn when entering a city building. Cairo Mayor Howard Thrower III, applauded the action of city manager Chris Addleton…

Downtown business owners who pay for weekly and biweekly garbage service, have filed complaints with City of Cairo officials about illegal dumping in dumpsters located in the central business district. Impacted business owners say often times the dumpsters are full or overflowing with the trash of others. Councilman Bobby Gwaltney brought the subject up at…

Information from public health officials indicates that Grady County should continue to be vigilant in the fight against COVID-19. The data shows our daily case average is high compared to state and national numbers. As of Sunday, Aug. 9, “the daily average of new COVID-19 cases in Grady County numbered 42 case(s) per 100,000 residents.…

Cairo businessman and Reno resident Jimmy Hammett is asking Grady E.M.C. voters in his district to let him continue to serve as their representative on the cooperative’s board of directors. Hammett, 63, was appointed to the board in September 2018 to replace then-member Gordon Clyatt. Hammett says he hopes members will return him to the…

The much anticipated paving of State Park Road was completed Tuesday, according to Grady County Road Superintendent Stanley Elkins. Striping of the road is set to be done today, Aug. 12, according to Elkins and then county crews will work on the shoulder and back-slope to get grass growing now that paving has been completed.…

Cairo High School athletic director Tom Fallaw presented the system’s infectious disease guidance and athletic program procedures to the Grady County Board of Education Tuesday night for its review and for now the Syrupmakers are set to kick off the 2020 football season on Sept. 4. The plan details how student athletes are to be…

Incumbent Grady County Sheriff Harry Young prevailed in Tuesday’s runoff and is another step toward earning a fifth term in office. Sheriff Young defeated challenger Steve Clark by a vote of 1,516 to 1,377 in unofficial returns from Tuesday’s runoff election for the Republican nomination for sheriff. Young will now face Democratic nominee Donald (Dickie)…

With only a few days left to vote early in the Republican primary runoff for Grady County Sheriff, election officials report as of the close of business Tuesday, 672 in-person advance ballots have been cast. In addition, Grady County chief registrar Malinda Butler reports that a total of 410 absentee ballot applications were received and…

The Grady Electric Membership Corporation’s nominating committee has selected Cairo physician Ashley Register, M.D. as a candidate for the E.M.C.’s Board of Directors. Dr. Register will run against incumbent director James “Jimmy” Hammett for the seat representing the E.M.C.’s District six. “I’ve been wanting to do it for 10 to 12 years. The want has…

The Grady Growth, Marketing & Development Committee wrapped up its initial scope of work on July 27 and the committee’s findings were presented Monday at a joint meeting of the Grady County Commission and Grady County Lake Authority. Trey Gainous, formerly with the Cairo-Grady County Chamber of Commerce, served as the facilitator for the committee…