Jim-Ree health fare, run/walk will be Saturday at museum
Jim-Ree African-American Museum will be hosting a JAAM Run/Walk and Health Fair at 24 South Oliver Street Saturday, June 2. The ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
View ArticleRecycling event planned Saturday
Keep Elbert County Beautiful (KECB) is hosting a recycling event Saturday June 2 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Elberton Recycling Center on 209 Martin Luther King Blvd.Items accepted to be recycled...
View ArticleLibraries Rock! Especially in Elbert County
Elbert County Public Library has dropped the needle for its summer reading program with the theme, “Libraries Rock!” The Elbert County ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
View ArticleKECB's Gerry Besharat enjoys beautifying the county's public spaces
Gerry Besharat may be retired, but she has never stopped working. She can often be spotted around town, picking up ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view...
View ArticleGADOT bridge dedication
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GaDOT) will install signs by June 1 at the William A. Kelly Memorial Bridge over ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in...
View ArticleMammography back in building
Elbert Memorial Hospital (EMH) will move its mammography department “back into the building” after a five-month period in which AnMed ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
View ArticleBridge named in honor of EGA's Bill Kelly
Bridge at Broad River named for KellyThe new bridge over the Broad River on Georgia Highway 72 was named in honor of the late William A. Kelly, Elberton Granite Association’s greatest promoter, Friday...
View ArticleCity acquires $2.5 million to build out water system to reach the Broad River
In addition to approving a $35.4 million budget for FY 2018-2019, the Elberton City Council approved $2.5 million in financing ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
View ArticleEMH gets a line of credit
After a discussion with and approval of the Elbert Memorial Hospital Foundation’s executive committee, the Elbert Memorial Hospital Authority Board ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website...
View ArticleUnmanned aircraft approved: Drone will, among other things, 'protect county...
The Elbert County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a motion for an “unmanned aircraft program” that will consist of the ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to...
View ArticleTax credit helps EMH
The Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit for 2018 was updated so that taxpayers in Georgia can designate funds to help ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view...
View ArticleFCC/Orphan hearing held
The Elbert County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a motion Monday night to file a petition to the Federal Communications ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
View Article‘Do-it-all’ dad Star’s 2018 ‘Father of Year’
Travis Rice has been declared “Elbert County’s Most Extraordinary Dad” in The Elberton Star’s Father’s Day Contest that was featured ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
View ArticleEPD enforcement
The new “Hands Free Georgia Law” is something Elberton Police Chief Mark Welsh believes should have been enacted long ago. “We ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log...
View ArticleEarly voting in runoff has begun
By: Shana Toneystoney@elberton.comEarly voting for the Republican and Democratic Primary run-offs will begin July 2 and will last until July 20.Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the...
View ArticleLibrary’s ‘Rocking Summer’ programs will be continuing
The Elbert County Public Library’s “Rocking Summer” continues this week with B-Rad, the Kid’s Magician who will be entertaining the entire family with comedy, magic and illusions.The show will start at...
View ArticleBody recovered from Broad River
Elbert County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Elbert County Coroner’s Office assisted in the recovery of a man who ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in...
View ArticleSearch for kidney donor continuing
Elbert County’s Don Maxwell, who has been on a kidney donor list since 2016 and has had four potential donors ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to view the...
View ArticleSafety in July
The Elbert County school system will spend a good portion of July concentrating on making the students within the system ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to...
View ArticleEarly voting in primary runoff continuing
Early voting for the Republican and Democratic Primary runoffs began July 2 and will last until July 20. Voting will take ...PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors to log in to...
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