Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years

In 1850, Andrew Benjamin Tarbutton enslaved 25 people in central Georgia. A year later, he purchased more than a dozen ...
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Controversial railroad cutting through family land in Sparta receives another greenlight

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 ...
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Keisha Lance Bottoms coming to Augusta, Sparta on Saturday

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Democratic candidate for governor and former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is expected to join ...
WMAZ

200-year-old building near downtown Sparta needs buyer to restore it

SPARTA, Ga. — Near downtown Sparta sits a beautiful white house. Just down the road is its twin building, but they look nothing alike anymore. The former is thriving after being restored, while the ...
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Sparta, Georgia’s New City Council Encourages Investors Into The City

SPARTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / December 27, 2021 / Making the world better is a conscious decision, and it often starts with little steps that will culminate into the big ones. Small community, Sparta, GA ...
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Duckweed to biofuel plant to set up in Sparta, Ga.

SPARTA, GA. | A $4 million biofuel plant is coming to a small city in central Georgia. WMAZ-TV reports officials in Sparta announced Wednesday that Duckweed USA will be setting up shop at the city's ...