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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...
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...