A railroad company wants the Smiths to leave the Sparta, Georgia, home that's been in their family for generations so its ...

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.

Currently the Sandersville Railroad operates ten miles of mainline track and 25 miles of spurs within Georgia ... profits,” Blaine Smith told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) last year.

according to Atlanta News First/WANF. “We look forward to the Georgia Supreme Court’s review and we are thankful that our clients will not have to deal with Sandersville building tracks on our clients ...

Sparta is a mostly Black rural town about 85 miles (135 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta in one of Georgia's poorest counties. Sandersville has agreements to buy some of the 18 parcels it needs.

ExploreDoes a rail spur justify forced land sales in a poor Georgia county? The judge found Sandersville’s plans constitute a public use and provide a new channel of trade, both of which were ...

MACON, Ga. — A judge ruled that the results of ... On election day, Republican Tracy Wheeler of Sandersville lost to Democrat Mack Jackson of Sandersville by 48 votes. House District 128 covers ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against ... it harder to use eminent domain to take property. The Sandersville Railroad wants to condemn a strip of property ...