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Heardmont Nursing Home, located on Longstreet Road in eastern Elbert County, was cited by Gov. Brian Kemp’s report on long-term healthcare facilities in the state as having three positive cases of COVID-19 involving either residents or healthcare workers. Elbert County Emergency Management Director Chuck Almond said Monday the nursing home director said that no one at the facility has been tested or clinically diagnosed with COVID-19. (Photo by Jones)

Six cases - or three?

Gary Jones
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Without any local knowledge of where the cases may have come from, on Monday evening the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) doubled the number of positive tests for the novel coronavirus (CO

Andrea Webb (left) and Margie Rucker are screening all persons entering Elbert Memorial Hospital in a tent outside of the hospital’s emergency room. (Photo by Jones)

‘Plan for the worst, pray for the best’

Gary Jones
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Last week, after a patient who was transported from Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) to an Athens hospital was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), The Elberton Star asked EMH Ch

Elberton Police Department

Block party attitude has disappeared

Gary Jones
Wednesday, April 8, 2020

A weekend after two “block parties” were held that Elberton Police Chief Mark Welsh considered “dangerous,” things were more calm in Elberton after Welsh and Capt.