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Security for the Community Center

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The Bowman City Council approved two purchases totaling almost $2,000 for security measures for the Bowman Community Center at Monday night’s meeting after two incidents involving red lipstick and stolen food.
District 33 Republican candidates Bruce Azevedo, Tripp Strickland and Rob Leverett will attend a forum Tuesday, May 26, hosted by The Star and WSGC radio. (Photos by Kyle Peterson, Tyler Wilkins and Rose Scoggins)

District 33 Republican candidates Bruce Azevedo, Tripp Strickland and Rob Leverett will attend a forum Tuesday, May 26, hosted by The Star and WSGC radio. (Photos by Kyle Peterson, Tyler Wilkins and Rose Scoggins)

Three Republicans seeking McCall’s 33rd District seat

News Staff
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Editor’s note: This article was written and published by Elberton Star Reporter Rose Scoggins and University of Georgia classmates Tyler Wilkins and Kyle Peterson as part of their Multiplatform Story Production class at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Of the 21 full-time Elbert County Detention Center Officers working for the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, 13 have tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Jones)

Of the 21 full-time Elbert County Detention Center Officers working for the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office, 13 have tested positive for COVID-19. (Photo by Jones)

No ordinary stay in jail...

Gary Jones
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
As Michael Dale Woodall, 46, was being booked into the Elbert County Detention Center in the early morning hours of Wednesday, April 22, he thought he would be detained for maybe a couple of days. “What I did was wrong,” he readily admits.
After testing for COVID-19 on May 1, Elberton’s Police Department revealed it had two positive cases of COVID-19.

After testing for COVID-19 on May 1, Elberton’s Police Department revealed it had two positive cases of COVID-19.

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Two test positive on Elberton Police force

Gary Jones
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
Elberton Police Chief Mark Welsh said prior to the testing of his police department on May 1 he believed his department was “clean.” But after undergoing testing, Welsh and the Elberton Police Department (EPD) found out that two of 25 members of the city police force tested positive for COVID-19.
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Road work

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
The Elbert County Board of Commissioners (BOC) approved the county’s first T-SPLOST (Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax) project since passing the necessary legislation in March 2019, totaling almost $915,000 to do resurfacing work on six county roads.
Shannon Jarvis will be hired in two weeks as ECCHS head football coach, replacing Brad Waggoner, who left after one season. (Photo by Jones)

Shannon Jarvis will be hired in two weeks as ECCHS head football coach, replacing Brad Waggoner, who left after one season. (Photo by Jones)

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BOE hiring Jarvises galore!

Gary Jones
Monday, May 11, 2020
Six days after the Elbert County Board of Education (BOE) officially hired Superintendent Jon Jarvis and three days after Jarvis took over duties as superintendent from Chuck Bell, the BOE announced Monday afternoon that it would be hiring Shannon Jarvis, Jon’s younger brother, as head football...