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On Tuesday, the City of Bowman unveiled the first of its new welcome signs to be placed at each state highway entrance to town. Pictured on Highway 17 north of Bowman are (L-R) City Council members Wade Bridges and Tammy Dalton, Mayor Mark Berryman and Mayor Pro-Tem Carla Patten. The …

Mark Wilson Radcliffe, who was charged last week with aggravated assault in Elbert County and is also the suspect in a bar shooting and armed robbery in South Carolina last week, was released Wednesday from the Elbert County Detention Center on $16,000 bond but has already been transferred to Anderson …

By Linton Johnson linton@wsgcradio.com Elbert County Head Football Coach Sid Fritts has announced his retirement, after leading the Blue Devils to their eighth state playoff appearance during his nine years here. Fritts, whose Blue Devil teams also won two region championships and reached the state quarterfinals three times, told WSGC …

By Linton Johnson linton@wsgcradio.com The Development Authority of Elbert County, Elberton and Bowman voted unanimously Thursday to direct its attorney to respond to the City of Elberton over the city’s intention to execute a contract option to claim ownership of the Elberton Industrial Park for $1. Development Authority Attorney Rob Leverett …

By Linton Johnson linton@wsgcradio.com The Elbert County Board of Commissioners held a work session Thursday and began discussions on whether to put a special purpose local option sales tax for transportation projects, known as a T-SPLOST, before the voters in the form of a referendum as early as next year. County …

Elbert County Sheriff Melvin Andrews has announced the arrest of an Elberton woman in connection with a knife attack reported to authorities just before 9 o’clock Monday morning. Tanesha Ardister, age 26, of a Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Elberton, address, faces one felony charge of aggravated assault, according to …

The cause of death of an Elberton woman who died in a residential fire Friday on Roosevelt Street has been listed as accidental smoke inhalation, according to Elbert County Emergency Services Director Chuck Almond. The body of 53-year-old Connie Jean Coleman was taken to the state crime lab in Atlanta …

by Scott Smith scott@wsgcradio.com Athens Technical College officially opened its new Mobile Welding Lab on Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony at the Elbert County Campus. The Mobile Welding Lab, included as part of a $500,000 grant, features an eight station lab where participants can receive training for Technical Certificates of Credit …

Well known Hartwell businessman Fletcher Seabolt has died as the result of injuries received in a Monday evening vehicle accident. Seabolt, 81 was the founder and owner of the Dairy Queen in Hartwell, On Monday morning the other vehicle driver died, he was identified as Chadwick Floyd, age 43 of …

by Loran Smith Verne Lundquist’s name and voice have intermittently resonated throughout college football for the last half century. He retired as the play-by-play announcer for SEC football on CBS following the 2016 season, but we still hear him when his familiar network televises the Masters and the PGA Golf …