Elbert County News

Fireworks light up the sky over Lake Russell during the 13th Annual Elbert County Fireworks Show on Friday night at Richard B. Russell State Park in Elberton.

Teen Art Contest: The Athens-Clarke County Library will have a Teen Art Contest until July 24.

Sometimes the best way to learn about something new is to dive in headfirst. Thata s what Tim and Liz Young did when they jumped off the corporate ladder to start a 76-acre sustainable farm in Elbert County.

In 1979, an anonymous group erected a massive stone structure in Elbert County, Georgia.

Elbert County resident Kourtney Hope McCreary, left, was crowned the 2009 Madison/Elbert Miss Forestry Queen.

Since retiring as head football coach at South Gwinnett in 2004, T. McFerrin has worked for the Frank Glazier Football Clinics, volunteered at his church and played a little tennis.

I am searching for the name of my great/great/great/great grandfather. He is the father Joseph Ford, born 1802, died 1880 in Elbert County, Georgia.

One of two new members of the Elbert County Board of Education won't be able to serve after all.

Elbert County Sheriff's Department Dec. 12 Amber Michelle Fisher, 20, of 2292 Double Branches Road in Elberton was charged with DUI drugs and possession of marijuana.

Elbert County commissioners celebrated finishing the year in the black Monday night, but the good mood was tempered by worries over tough economic times.

The former Elbert County Health Department building on Church Street may be up for sale.

Elbert County Sheriff's Department Dec. 19 A portable restroom was reported damaged by gun shots on River Road.

Elberton educator and community activist Barbara Giles McLendon was awarded the 2009 Pioneer Award on Jan.

Elbert County Sheriff's Department Dec. 7 A deputy investigated a threat that was sent by text message to a 15-year-old girl by a 17-year-old man.

Elbert County Sheriff's Department Dec. 7 A woman reported her son was threatened.

I recieved a very eye opening video pertaining to the Georgia Guide Stones , an enlightened monument built to promote an enlightened way or should it be said an Illuminati way of life.

Elbert County Sheriff's Department Nov. 27 A man reported another man hit him and threatened him at the Scenic View Club.

Tom Brown has hit the ground running. Brown, a native of Elbert County, is the new and permanent CEO at Elbert Memorial Hospital.

An Elberton man is facing a list of 54 felony and misdemeanor counts following a car chase that ended on Mattox Drive in Elberton.

Macon authorities are investigating the death of a former Elbert County woman whose body was found this morning at an apartment complex there.