Imagine your family land has fed generations and paved the way for educating not only you, but your children, too. Now imagine that a business says they will take some of your family land, in the name ...

A retired Georgia couple is battling a railroad company that wants their land. The Garretts' family has owned the land since the 1800s and they aren't prepared to back down. The couple is part of a ...

A judge ruled a railroad can use eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest counties to build a spur to serve private businesses, a decision some residents in the railway’s path vowed to appeal.

FILE - Sparta residents attend a Georgia Public Service Commission hearing on whether a railroad company can use eminent domain to condemn property in their community, in Atlanta, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A hearing on Tuesday raised questions about a railroad company’s use of eminent domain in one of Georgia’s poorest areas. After three days of hearings in November, an officer for the ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — A battle between a Central Georgia railroad and some neighbors is picking up steam. The Sandersville Railroad Company filed an amended petition asking the state to allow them to ...

The spur enables Heidelberg Materials to expand its plant to a location further away from neighboring residents, and together the spur and plant expansion will be the largest privately funded ...

The Sandersville Railroad Company on Aug. 8 announced that it has added Pittman Construction as an additional user of its planned rail spur in Hancock County, Ga. According to the railroad, Pittman ...

SPARTA, Ga., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sandersville Railroad Company has announced Southern Chips LLC as an additional user of its planned rail spur in Hancock County. Southern Chips will use ...

Mark Smith stands among photos of generations of his family in the home he grew up in in Hancock County. The house now belongs to his brother, Blaine, and is on one of the pieces of property the ...

The Garretts' family has owned the land since the 1800s and they aren't prepared to back down. The couple is part of a group fighting Sandersville Railroad's plan to use the eminent domain process. A ...

ATLANTA — A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against the will of property owners to build a track, rebuffing a challenge that a libertarian group hoped could make it harder to use ...