HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — Some drivers who committed minor traffic violations in Sparta, Georgia on Friday got a bit of holiday cheer instead of a ticket. Officers with the Sparta Police Department pulled ...

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 ...

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, Georgia — A Central Georgia police department is in mourning after a "beloved" police dispatcher was killed in Florida early Thursday morning, a press release from the department says. Sparta ...

Rural Hancock County, about 100 miles southeast of Atlanta, has the highest estimated rate of childhood food insecurity in the nation, according a report.

SPARTA, Georgia — A Central Georgia police department is in mourning after a "beloved" police dispatcher was killed in Florida early Thursday morning, a press release from the department says. Sparta ...