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Rob Leverett and Tripp Strickland will face off in the runoff for the Georgia House of Representatives District 33 seat on Aug. 11.

Rob Leverett and Tripp Strickland will face off in the runoff for the Georgia House of Representatives District 33 seat on Aug. 11.

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Azevedo: ‘I’m helping Rob’ in runoff

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
If there is one thing House District 33 runoff candidates Rob Leverett and Tripp Strickland can agree on, it’s that neither care to be in a runoff.
Rob Leverett and Tripp Strickland will face off in the runoff for the Georgia House of Representatives District 33 seat on Aug. 11.

Rob Leverett and Tripp Strickland will face off in the runoff for the Georgia House of Representatives District 33 seat on Aug. 11.

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House District 33, Congressional 9th runoffs will be held Aug. 11

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Madison County’s Tripp Strickland and Elberton’s Rob Leverett will see their names once again on a ballot during the Aug. 11 runoff after last week’s primary election between the two candidates and third candidate Bruce Azevedo produced no majority winner.
There’s going to be a prom - rather a “Brom,” after all! Madison Harpold and Ethan Cone say the June 27 event will be open to any student from any county that didn’t get to have a prom because of COVID-19. (Photo by Scoggins)

There’s going to be a prom - rather a “Brom,” after all! Madison Harpold and Ethan Cone say the June 27 event will be open to any student from any county that didn’t get to have a prom because of COVID-19. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Harpolds, Cones host replacement for the canceled ECCHS 2020 prom

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
After Elbert County Comprehensive High School (ECCHS) Principal Jason Kouns announced in his weekly YouTube update on May 11 that the high school would not be hosting a prom this year due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Madison Harpold and Ethan Cone’s families decided they would host one...
Land within the Elbert County Industrial Park. (Photo by Jones)

Land within the Elbert County Industrial Park. (Photo by Jones)

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Authority courting "cannabis cultivator and processor"

Rose Scoggins
Monday, June 15, 2020
A letter of intent for a “cannabis cultivator and processor” company will be on the agenda for the Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman’s meeting Wednesday. Silverleaf Health Alternatives Inc.
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Landfill hearing

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Senior Superior Court Judge David Sweat will hold a video conference hearing Thursday at 10 a.m. to “consider the adequacy” of Elbert County’s answer to a higher court review of an appeal filed by Sweet City Landfill LLC.
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Superintendent says school system aims to start back Aug. 5

Gary Jones
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Elbert County School Superintendent Jon Jarvis told the Elbert County Board of Education Monday night that the school system is gearing up to start on Aug. 5. That is the date the school system was scheduled to begin classes for the 2020-2021 school year.
Athens attorney Jim Smith (left) represented Carrie Jill Peppers (right) in a bond hearing in Elbert County Superior Court Tuesday morning. Peppers is charged with second degree murder and second degree child cruelty in connection with the death of her eight-week-old son on May 29. (Photo by Scoggins)

Athens attorney Jim Smith (left) represented Carrie Jill Peppers (right) in a bond hearing in Elbert County Superior Court Tuesday morning. Peppers is charged with second degree murder and second degree child cruelty in connection with the death of her eight-week-old son on May 29. (Photo by Scoggins)

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Peppers required to go to rehab

Rose Scoggins
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A $25,000 bond was set by Superior Court Judge Jeff Malcom for Carrie Jill Peppers, 30, of 1602 Hartwell Highway, who was arrested May 31 and charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children in the second degree in connection with the death of her eight-week-old son, Lennox Lewis...
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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...