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Archbold’s Grady General Hospital has updated hospital visitor policies, per Grady General Hospital administrator Crystal Wells. “We’ve updated our visitation policies as we continue to balance COVID-19 related precautions with the needs of our patients and their families,” said Wells. The new visitation policies are: · Patients at G.G.H., who are not suspected or confirmed…

A project to reimagine downtown Cairo’s future plans and branding as led by famed urban and residential designer Lew Oliver has been rescheduled for the end of November. The charrette had originally been scheduled to take place last week but had to be postponed temporarily. Cairo Mayor Howard Thrower says the new date of the…

The 82nd annual meeting of the membership of Grady Electric Membership Corporation will be held next week and members may begin pre-registering at the E.M.C. headquarters beginning Monday, Oct. 12. Registered members will have the opportunity to win bill credits that can be applied to their monthly utility bill, according to Grady E.M.C. marketing and…

Grady County and the cities of Cairo and Whigham along with other jurisdictions around the state recently received a big boost in their sales tax collections for the month of September. According to officials, the Georgia Department of Revenue has completed a three-year audit for the years 2015-2108 of various businesses of a certain type…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is still awaiting a ruling from state medical examiners on what killed Paul Charles Guerrero of Grady County while he was in the custody of law enforcement officers in August. The case file, however, has now been turned over to Joe Mulholland, district attorney for the South Georgia Judicial Circuit,…

During the Cairo City Council meeting Monday night, city manager Chris Addleton updated council members on some major upcoming projects the city will tackle. Addleton said he has been in discussion with a representative of Croy Engineering to prepare for the removal of a 10,000 gallon underground fuel tank at the Cairo Municipal Airport. “It…

By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service  Deteriorating public support for law enforcement is driving police officers away from the profession and making it harder to attract new recruits, representatives of state and local police agencies said last Thursday. While cops expect criminals to see them in a negative light, bad feelings about the police…

By Dave Williams Capitol Beat News Service The coin-operated amusement machines (COAM) business in Georgia has been thriving since the Georgia Lottery Corp. took over regulating the industry in 2013, Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said Wednesday. Georgians spent more than $3 billion during the last fiscal year playing the machines, mostly at convenience…

Submitted by Michelle Dean (executive director of Popes Museum Preservation and owner/operator of Popes Museum Farm) “The course of true love never did run smooth.” These words taken from Shakespeare’s famous comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” could be rewritten, “The course of 2020 never did run smooth.” Certainly, Grady County has had its share of…

With the pandemic continuing to hang uncertainly in the future, many usual fall activities in Grady County remain in limbo, such as Boo on Broad, the Christmas Parade and Cairo High School’s Homecoming parade. Whether Boo on Broad will take place this year is uncertain, according to Alyssa Blakley, Cairo Main Street director. “The City…