Sparta News

Saturday, Nov. 21 9 a.m.: Plantation Quilters meet at the visitor center at Jarrell Plantation near Juliette.

A grassroots tax rebellion has flared in Georgia's poorest county, a place so impoverished that 80 percent of its public school students are eligible for a free-lunch program.

Join us for a live Eyewitness News Webcast at 6: -A failed bank in Sparta reopened its doors today.

Regulators seized United Security Bank of Sparta, Ga., Friday, making it the 21st failure of the year as Georgia's banking crisis shows no sign of abating.

The public gave a heated commentary over the millage rate during a meeting at the Hancock County Board of Education Wednesday night.

A. I have been teaching 15 years in McDuffie County. During my tenure, I have always taught eighth grade in the following areas: Georgia history, language arts, and reading.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark of Athens, Georgia are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Raeanne Clark of Athens, Georgia to Patrick Ross Yearwood of Sparta, Georgia, son of Mr.

One man died and his girlfriend is still in the hospital following a home invasion in Sparta late Wednesday night, said the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.

Jim LeBrun, the new superintendent of McDuffie County schools, is looking forward to the 2009-10 school year.

A 20-year-old Sparta man died early Saturday when his pickup truck failed to negotiate a curve in Hancock County.

Georgia Tech forward Kammeon Holsey is preparing for knee surgery which will force him to miss the 2009-10 basketball season.

Georgia Tech forward Kammeon Holsey is preparing for knee surgery which will force him to miss the 2009-10 basketball season.

Georgia Tech forward Kammeon Holsey is preparing for knee surgery which will force him to miss the 2009-10 basketball season.

Georgia Tech forward Kammeon Holsey is preparing for knee surgery which will force him to miss the 2009-10 basketball season.

Ms. Sandra Venable, Crawford, Georgia is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Crystal N. Poulnott to Christopher C. Lewis, son of Mr.

Ms. Sandra Venable, Crawford, Georgia is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Crystal N. Poulnott to Christopher C. Lewis, son of Mr.

When Aaron Wheeler signed a football scholarship with Alabama State in 2008, he wasn't one of the more publicized recruits.

A Hancock County church destroyed by a tornado earlier this year held a groundbreaking for their new sanctuary Sunday.

A home care service that got its start in Sparta had an official Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Milledgeville location at 931 N. Jefferson St.

Taylor Farr of Milledgeville First United Methodist Church carries snacks and supplies through the corridors of Georgia College & State Universitya s Foundation Hall Wednesday afternoon as Farr and more than 170 other youth from churches around the Central Georgia region participate in the 2009 River of Life program hosted by the Milledgeville ...