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There are only three more weeks to make sure every Grady County resident is counted in the 2020 Census. The deadline to respond is Wednesday, Sept. 30. “Census results shape the future of communities, as census data informs how billions of dollars in federal funds are distributed for health clinics, school lunch programs, disaster recovery…

By Dave Williams Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service Georgians can request an absentee ballot for the November election by going online to a website Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office launched recently. Located at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov, the website allows users to request that an absentee ballot be mailed to them, which they can then return…

Grady County commissioners on Tuesday allowed a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new chicken houses and other animal feed operations in the county to expire and took no action to strengthen existing ordinances regulating such operations. The moratorium was originally instituted in March and subsequently extended in June to Sept. 1. After nearly…

The cause of Paul Charles Guerrero’s death remains a mystery this week as state medical examiners continue their investigation after the physical autopsy failed to reveal an obvious cause. Guerrero was in the custody of law enforcement officers when he died Sunday, Aug. 16 outside his home on Beth Page Road in Grady County. New…

The Census Bureau’s Non-response Follow-up Operation is well underway as census takers are knocking on doors of households that haven’t responded yet to the 2020 Census, and a group of local volunteers is trying to make sure everyone in Grady County responds to the national population count. The group is calling itself the Grady Counts…

After being closed for six months due to the pandemic, the Jackie Robinson Boys & Girls Club is planning a phased reopening of its after-school program starting in mid-September. The doors to the club building, located at Cairo’s Holder Park, will open on Monday, Sept. 14 for the first day of its 2020-2021 After School…

A major upgrade of about 1.5 miles of South Broad Street from the intersection with Fourth Avenue will get underway in late 2021 and the Cairo City Council voted Monday night to pool its state resources in 2021 and 2022 to finance the project. Cairo city manager Chris Addleton recommended this week the council pool…

The Help Agency in Cairo will distribute bags of food to those in need Tuesday morning. Located at 1651 N. Broad St., the Help Agency will conduct the give away on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. There will be signs directing traffic and deputies with the Grady County Sheriff’s Office will be…

A public hearing was held Tuesday night at the Grady County Courthouse concerning the potential abandonment of a portion of Asbell Lane and county commissioners heard from those on both side of the issue. The county is contemplating abandoning a 1,200 foot by 60 foot wide section of the road, which according to county officials,…

At the urging of Grady County Commissioner June Knight, Grady County will be soliciting proposals for privatizing the mowing of county rights-of-way. “I brought this up a couple of meetings ago about contracting out our mowing. I’ve talked to Stanley (Elkins, the county road superintendent) and he says we have 350 miles of roads that…