Security measures across the Hancock County School District have been ramped up following a recent incident involving a ...

SPARTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Five people have been charged in connection to a shooting that left an 18-year-old dead in Sparta. The Sparta Police Department says four adults and one juvenile have ...

SPARTA, Ga. - A Georgia Public Service Commission hearing officer ruled against a group of local residents fighting to keep parts of their land from being seized for use by a railroad. The ...

SPARTA, Ga. — History tells us that the railroad helped put America on the right track, when trains started moving people and goods across the country in the 1800s. They were yesterday’s ...

Since the controversy began, it has pitted a politically connected railroad against longtime property owners, some whose families have ties to their land dating to slavery.

WEATHER AWARE (Saturday-Sunday): From 5am Saturday-8am Sunday with multiple rounds of storms, with severe weather likely with ...