SPARTA, Mich. — Monday night, the Sparta Village Council voted to approve an annexation request for a property in Sparta Township, and many in the community are not happy. It's a yearslong ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Sparta’s enemies, when facing the intimidating Spartan forces, would see a wall of shields ...

Sparta had a highly unusual system of government. Two kings ruled the city, but a 28-member 'council of elders' limited their powers. These men were recruited from the highest social class, the ...

daughter of Miss Kristy Monique Rogers, and Master Ayden Gasper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gasper. Sparta introduced gods and goddesses, represented by Mr. Errol Miller (Apollo I), Mr. David ...