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Chloe (left), Christy David

Chloe (left), Christy David

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Mother and daughter have made 925 masks to give away

Rose Scoggins
Monday, May 11, 2020
Chloe David, a third-grader at Elbert County Elementary School and daughter of Elberton Police Officers Christy and Joey David, has made over 900 cloth face masks with help from mom Christy for people to wear during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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COVID-19 tests now available for all Georgians, governor says

News Staff
Friday, May 8, 2020
By Beau Evans Staff Writer Capitol Beat News Service Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that anyone in Georgia can be tested for coronavirus after expanding the criteria beyond only those with symptoms, health-care workers, the elderly and the chronically ill.
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True Blue’s president is charged

Gary Jones
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Elbert County athletic booster organization True Blue’s president turned himself Tuesday after he was served warrants charging him with theft by taking, false statements and writing and felony theft by taking in two different incidents.
Photo from Elbert County Emergency Services of the COVID-19 testing at the Elbert County Detention Center on Wednesday, April 29.

Photo from Elbert County Emergency Services of the COVID-19 testing at the Elbert County Detention Center on Wednesday, April 29.

30 test positive at jail

Gary Jones
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Elbert County Chief Deputy Darren Scarborough, Elbert County Emergency Management Agency Director Chuck Almond and Elbert County Administrator Bob Thomas said Monday night that since April 27 officials have determined that, thus far, 16 inmates and 14 detention center officers have tested positive...
Photo of the Georgia National Guard outside the Elbert County Detention Center Wednesday morning. Photo provided by Elbert County Emergency Services.

Photo of the Georgia National Guard outside the Elbert County Detention Center Wednesday morning. Photo provided by Elbert County Emergency Services.

Georgia National Guard tests 100 for COVID-19 at Detention Center

Gary Jones
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The Georgia Emergency Management Agency’s Emergency Operations Center sent members of the Georgia National Guard to the Elbert County Detention Center Wednesday where the unit tested 100 people, including 57 inmates, jail staff, maintenance workers and an unidentified local judge for COVID-19,...
Bubba Foods, LLC, announced Tuesday “colleagues” at its local plant have tested positive for COVID-19.

Bubba Foods, LLC, announced Tuesday “colleagues” at its local plant have tested positive for COVID-19.

Bubba Foods, LLC CEO confirms employees with COVID-19

Gary Jones
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Bubba Foods, LLC, announced Tuesday that “colleagues” at its local plant have tested positive for COVID-19. “We have colleagues who have tested positive for COVID-19 in our Elberton, Georgia facility,” said Travis Crouse, Bubba Foods’ Chief Operating Officer.
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RMC pays $55,000 fine

News Staff
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
After installing five monitoring wells around the perimeter of a location at Broad River Valley Farms (BRVF) described in Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) documents as “an earthen pit that contained stockpiled sludge,” for the time being it appears Recovered Materials Company (RMC)...