The city of Sparta, Georgia, and its police department are coming together to honor a dispatcher who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Jacksonville. A candlelight vigil is being held for Mary Jones ...

SPARTA, Ga. — A controversial railroad that would cut through a historically Black neighborhood of Sparta was given another green light from the Georgia Public Service Commission on Thursday. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPARTA, Ga. — In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased more than a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Democratic candidate for governor and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is expected to join local ...

ATLANTA — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the Georgia ...