Sparta News

Jennifer Collins is this week's My Teacher is Tops Winner. She teaches at John Hancock Academy in Sparta.

Dec. 5, 5:30 p.m.: The tour will begin at Watson-Luckey House, 454 E. Hill St. Chauferred transportation provided with last tour leaving at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and are available at Peacock Hill, Luckey Printing and the Chamber office.

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.