Elbert County News

The Georgia Guidestones is a large granite monument in Elbert County, Georgia, USA.

Overall entry numbers were down slightly from previous years, but average quality scores were high at last week's Southeast Hay Contest, held in conjunction with the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo in Moultrie, GA.

Leonard and Donna Dempski found their perfect home in Elberton after moving up from South Florida 15 years ago.

Some residents in Northeast Georgia might one day get their electricity from their trash.

A couple who managed a funeral home and cemetery in Elberton swindled more than $20,000 from the business owner over the past four years, sheriff's officials say.

A couple who managed a funeral home and cemetery in Elberton swindled more than $20,000 from the business owner over the past four years, sheriff's officials say.

Several hundred dollars worth of damages was done to a number of headstones - some dating back to the late 1800s - at a Thomson cemetery last week.

Bobbie Sue Bolmon, above, makes purses and bags from plastic grocery bags and plastic bread bags.

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.