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County shortfall will be up to $400,000

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Chief Financial Officer Phil Pitts told the Elbert County Board of Commissioners (BOC) at Monday’s public hearing for the 2021 fiscal year budget and a rezoning request that based on projected revenues and requested expenditures for the coming year, the county would be looking at between a $350,000...
Bobbie and Andrew Carroll live in a household in which four adults tested positive for COVID-19 ... and doctors told the couple that five minors in the house (ages 16, 14, 10, 5 and 6 months) most likely had COVID-19. After getting past a quarantine that lasted for about 20 days, everyone in the household has recovered and they are now back at work. (Photo by Jones).

Bobbie and Andrew Carroll live in a household in which four adults tested positive for COVID-19 ... and doctors told the couple that five minors in the house (ages 16, 14, 10, 5 and 6 months) most likely had COVID-19. After getting past a quarantine that lasted for about 20 days, everyone in the household has recovered and they are now back at work. (Photo by Jones).

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Family survives quarantine

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Bobbie Carroll, 29 years old and a mother of two, noticed a “small cough”  and a “runny nose” in early May that made her believe that she had COVID-19.
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School officials have a lot to think about

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The Elbert County School System will have hard decisions to make regarding how the 2020-2021 school year will operate after the Georgia Department of Education (DOE) and the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) released a document Monday morning that gives school districts guidance – not...
A final farewell for Elberton visitors (L-R) Cindy Churney, Etsuko Himeno, Lamar Scott and Tom Evans.

A final farewell for Elberton visitors (L-R) Cindy Churney, Etsuko Himeno, Lamar Scott and Tom Evans.

Scott remembers ‘tenaciously dedicated friend,’ Etsuko Himeno

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020
By Lamar Scott   On April 13, 2020, Elberton and Mure-cho, Japan lost a tenaciously dedicated friend to the long-time Elberton/Mure-cho Sister City Program. Etsuko Himeno joined other "pioneers" like Helen Kimura, Tom Evans Sr.
Elberton Star Publisher Gary Jones (L) and WSGC Radio’s Linton Johnson (R) in the foreground asked Georgia House Rep. District 33 candidates questions at last week’s forum at the county government complex – the candidates are (L-R) Bruce Azevedo of Madison County, Rob Leverett of Elbert County and Tripp Strickland of Madison County. (Photo by Scoggins)

Elberton Star Publisher Gary Jones (L) and WSGC Radio’s Linton Johnson (R) in the foreground asked Georgia House Rep. District 33 candidates questions at last week’s forum at the county government complex – the candidates are (L-R) Bruce Azevedo of Madison County, Rob Leverett of Elbert County and Tripp Strickland of Madison County. (Photo by Scoggins)

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District 33 candidates participate in community forum

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The Elberton Star and WSGC Radio co-sponsored a forum at the Elbert County Government Complex May 26 for the three Republican candidates running for the District 33 seat in the Georgia House of Representatives.
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City approves $37 million FY 2021 budget

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
The mayor and council of the City of Elberton approved a budget of more than $37 million Monday night for the upcoming 2021 fiscal year, with over 60 percent of the budget going towards the Combined Public Utilities System. The total $37,245,624 budget, which is around a 2.
Carrie Jill Peppers is escorted by four detention center officers to the front of the Elbert County courthouse Monday morning to attend her first appearance hearing after being arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree.

Carrie Jill Peppers is escorted by four detention center officers to the front of the Elbert County courthouse Monday morning to attend her first appearance hearing after being arrested and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree.

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Murder charge

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Elbert County Magistrate Court Lanie Simmons conducted a first appearance hearing Tuesday morning for Carrie Jill Peppers, 30, of 1602 Hartwell Highway, who was arrested Sunday and is being charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree in connection with the...
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Increase request

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Sheriff Melvin Andrews told the Elbert County Board of Commissioners (BOC) at a budget work session last week that as of May 21, the Elbert County Detention Center has no more cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Two 6-year-olds, 12-year-old are COVID-19 positive

Gary Jones
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Of the 69 people in Elbert County who are confirmed as testing positive for COVID-19 by Elbert County’s Emergency Management Agency (EMA), three children have been reported as coming down with the virus, according to EMA Director Chuck Almond.
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FCC OKs Atlanta DMA for ‘orphan’ counties

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled in favor of three of the four northeast Georgia “orphan” counties May 20 by approving the petition for the designated market area (DMA) modification changes to switch over from the South Carolina broadcast stations to those in Georgia.