Area News

The state surprised local medical officials last week when it reversed itself and dropped its plans to challenge Grady General Hospital’s application for a Certificate of Need to build a skilled nursing center in Cairo. The hospital has been on a 16-month quest to earn a CON; and had successfully won an appeal this summer…

Cairo City Manager Chris Addleton says the multimillion dollar rehabilitation of the city’s #2 water plant on MacIvor Drive remains on schedule and good progress continues to be made. The city manager says he is anticipating resurfacing of MacIvor Drive to begin later this week or next week, weather permitting. Last October, the Cairo City…

Grady County schools are getting another layer of security in the coming months thanks to money budgeted by the state legislature. A new security program soon to be installed here will give teachers the ability to send low and high alerts to administrators with the press of a badge. The alert will also show administrators…

Having worked for eight city managers and seven mayors, Cairo’s veteran city clerk has decided to work less and travel more as she ends her 46-year career with the city this week. Carolyn B. Lee’s last day is Friday and as she departs City Hall one last time as a city official it will mark…

A Cairo native who has worked most of her life for the State of Florida, wants to serve her home community as a member of the Cairo City Council. Ann Williams has qualified as a candidate for the District 1 seat on the council. A resident of 1026 Ninth St. Northwest, Williams, 58, says her…

The Grady County School System will soon be honored with a Silver Award for excellence for its farm to school performance. The honor will be announced at the 2019 Golden Radish Awards, Sept. 17, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta. “Receiving the Silver Golden Radish Award for school year…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested two Cairo men in a home invasion last week that resulted in the resident being shot multiple times. The victim, whose name has not yet been released, was struck twice at his residence on Eighth Avenue Northwest on Tuesday, Aug. 20. The 49-year-old man told Cairo Police that…

The Cairo City Council wants to empower the city manager to be able to abate nuisances and eliminate blight inside the corporate limits faster than the current ordinance allows, but after receiving the proposed revised ordinance from the city attorney Monday night, there is more work to be done. City attorney Thomas L. Lehman proposed…