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Two sentenced, but Jennings still awaits trial
Peterson gets life sentence; Street gets 45-year sentence, 30 to serve and 15 on probationBy: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comSavanna Marie Jennings, 18, who has been identified by authorities as the...
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Rush enters guilty plea
Negotiated deal results in 30-year sentence and 15 to serve for two robberiesBy: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comShannon Michelle Rush, 35, entered a plea of guilty to two armed robberies in Elbert County...
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Elbert County EMS plans Conner Johnson benefit
A chicken barbecue and bake sale will be held at Elbert County Emergency Services on Saturday, Sept. 29, and all proceeds will go to Conner Johnson, who was critically injured in a motor vehicle...
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Julia Dixon celebrates a century
Happy BirthdayJulia Dixon, who is a lifelong resident of Elbert County, celebrated her 100th birthday in grand style last week. The Indian Hill Road resident, who turned 100 years old on Friday, Aug....
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MollerTech intern returns to Germany
Austermeier spent six weeks as intern working at MollerTechBy: Shana Toneystoney@elberton.comMollertech hosted 22-year-old intern Robin Austermeier this summer as Austermeier completed his Bachelor’s...
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KECB, BRWA teaming up to hold 'Rivers Alive' Cleanup
By: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comThe Broad River Watershed Association (BRWA) and Keep Elbert County Beautiful (KECB) are teaming up for a “Rivers Alive Cleanup” on the access points along the lower...
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Commission adding a solar panel section to ordinance
By: Shana Toneystoney@elberton.comThe Elbert County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amendment to the zoning ordinance to add a new section for regulations on large solar farms as well as...
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Letter will prompt city into action
With contract signed, Elberton will build line to Broad River to provide new Colbert incineratorBy: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comAfter a Madison County industrial development authority signed a...
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BOE prefers mill rollback
After advertising tax digest, school board expected to roll back millage rateBy: Gary Jones gjones@elberton.comBecause of an increase in the county’s tax digest in the coming year, Elbert County’s...
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Homecoming Week to begin with parade Thursday night
The 2018 Homecoming Parade, which begins a three-day celebration, will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday at the scoreboard end of the Granite Bowl on Church Street.It will go up Church Street to Thomas...
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Ash Bennett selected for council
Elbert County High School junior Ashford Bennett was one of more than 120 Georgia students selected to serve on Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods’ 2018-2019 Student Advisory...
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Anthony Shoals has advocates
By: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comCitizens calling themselves the Anthony Shoals Preservation Group has been organizing in recent months to protect the area from possible threats from Broad River Valley...
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MollerTech '100 percent' back on the county tax digest, says Warner
By: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comIn the photo above Eric Hollis (left), MollerTech Operations Manager conducts a ceremony to honor Schmidt at Elberton’s MollerTech facility. (Photos by...
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ECCHS Anchor Club is raising awareness
The Elbert County Comprehensive High School Anchor Club is holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk/Run Saturday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. and proceeds will be going to 3D mammography at Elbert Memorial...
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FCC to allow satellite viewers in Franklin to pick up Atlanta
By: Shane Scoggins - Franklin County Citizen Publishersscoggins@franklincountycitizen.comCARNESVILLE – Franklin County satellite television viewers may soon be able to watch Atlanta television stations...
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City to enforce new parking ordinance Oct. 1
Elberton Police Chief Mark Welsh said that although a new city ordinance concerning parking downtown goes into effect Sept. 14, city police will not enforce it until Oct. 1 “in order to educate the...
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Bowman council votes against $220 annual library increase
By: Shana Toneystoney@elberton.comThe Bowman City Council denied a motion 3-2 to renew the library with a $220 budget increase from $5,400 to $5,620 with Rachel Felice, Carla Patten and Wade Bridges...
View ArticleScholarship 'Fun Fest' planned for Oct. 6
The I.W. Holland Memorial Scholarship Fun Fest will be held on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Blackwell Memorial Cultural Center located at 375 Mills Street.The event will take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m....
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ECCHS Anchor Club is raising awareness in walk/run Oct. 27
The Elbert County Comprehensive High School Anchor Club is holding a Breast Cancer Awareness Walk/Run Saturday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. and proceeds will be going to 3D mammography at Elbert Memorial...
View ArticleHomeowner project to be started by city housing authority
By: Gary Jonesgjones@elberton.comThe Housing Authority of the City of Elberton asked for and received permission to purchase surplus city property at three locations “to provide homeownership...
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