Area News
Repairs to Holder Park Pool are approved on 4-1 vote
The Cairo City Council passed a funding measure Monday night to make necessary repairs to the city’s Holder Park pool so that it can be opened for the summer swim season this year. City officials had previously been advised by officials with the Southwest Georgia Public Health District that without these repairs, Public Health…
Read MoreRetirement results in changes in City of Cairo leadership roles
A changing of the guard, so to speak, is taking place at the City of Cairo’s utility office this week. Customer service director Faye Ingram is retiring and her last day on the job will be Friday. Mrs. Ingram is is wrapping up a tenure of 11 years with the city following a 39-year career…
Read MoreAmeris Bank donates $80,000 to Grady General Hospital
Grady General Hospital is the beneficiary of a major gift from Ameris Bank. As part of the Georgia HEART Hospital Program, Ameris has contributed $1.65 million in financial support to 16 rural hospitals in the bank’s service area throughout Georgia, which is more than double its contribution of $800,000 in 2018. Grady General will receive…
Read MoreTwo local businesses are settling into new location
A fresh sense of style and serenity has moved into central Cairo where two Grady County women have moved their businesses, one a design partner and the other a massage therapist. Helen Brown of Cairo is half of the firm Brownworks, LLC. Her brother-in-law, Cairo native Reynolds Brown of Atlanta, is her partner in the…
Read MoreRidley warns it will take time to wrap up right-of-way for grant project
Grady County officials expressed confidence Tuesday night they will be able to acquire the last six remaining tracts of right-of-way needed for a Community Development Block Grant project in south Grady County within the 12-month deadline to do so. Gabe Ridley, attorney for the commission, updated the board on the right-of-way acquisition effort. Unfortunately, Ridley…
Read MoreState system changes will force closure of tax office prior to Memorial Day
Grady County Tax Commissioner Barbara Darus briefed the Grady County Commission on the upcoming closing of her office prior to Memorial Day as the State of Georgia transitions to a new software program for the Department of Motor Vehicles. According to the tax commissioner, her office will close at noon on Thursday, May 23 and…
Read MoreOregon folksinger and storyteller Adam Miller to perform free concert at Roddenbery Library
instrumentals in Cairo early next month. The recipient of the prestigious 2019 Storytelling World Resource Award, Miller will perform at Roddenbery Memorial Library, 320 N. Broad Street in Cairo, at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 7. An artist whose kind has dwindled, Adam Miller is a renowned old-school American troubadour and a natural-born storyteller. A premier…
Read MoreWashington/Shiver thespians to perform “The Little Mermaid, Jr.”
This weekend, a group of middle school thespians will take audiences down under the sea with their production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” at the Cairo High School Auditorium. The show is presented by the Washington Middle School/Shiver Drama Club under the direction of Austin Harrell with musical direction by Joshua Moore and choreography…
Read MoreCairo native in the spotlight wins State Senate race in Iowa
A man who says he learned the importance of public service, public education and civil public discourse in Grady County has been elected to the state senate in Iowa while sharing the national spotlight with several presidential hopefuls, including Beto O’Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker. Last night, Cairo native Eric Giddens won a special…
Read MoreWith a focus on local art, Whigham Methodist kicks off 150th anniversary celebration Sunday
The congregation of the Whigham United Methodist Church is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the local church in 2019 and the first of a series of four community events to be held as part of the celebration takes place this Sunday, March 24 beginning at 3 p.m. The “Celebration of Our History in Art” event…
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