The Franklin City Council voted 5-0 at its June 9 meeting to adopt the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 city operating budget and ...

Rhett Powell, of Sedley, recently celebrated one year of life, and his parents hope to help him celebrate many, many more as ...

The city of Franklin will be the site of multiple Juneteenth celebrations, led first by the nonprofit Amun Ra Inc.’s third ...

The Franklin City Council formally voted on Monday, June 16, to appoint two new members to the Franklin City School Board — ...

The Virginia State Police and the Virginia Missing Children Clearinghouse have issued an AMBER Alert on behalf of the Norfolk Police Department, for a child abduction that occurred on 6-16-25 at 1140 ...

The Franklin City Lions Club recently held a celebration for two of its members. Clyde Parker and Dick Gilbert each received the Good Samaritan Award during a May 1 awards ceremony.  A club news ...

(A gallery of photos follows the story below. Photos are courtesy of Victor Nardone.) Camp Community College’s 2025 baseball team did not reach the high levels of success its 2024 and 2023 ...

FRANKLIN – John Rudolph Walter, 79, passed away June 11, 2025 in his home with his wife by his side. His 11 year battle with cancer has ended. John was a graduate of Granby High School and attended ...

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, June 13: In Virginia, state graded feeder cattle mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder cattle at regular auction sales ...

FRANKLIN – Billy Thomas Benson, 76, passed away at home on June 11, 2025 surrounded by his family. Born in Ayden, North Carolina, he was the son of the late George William and Marjorie Benson, and was ...

The 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act mandates at least 16,100 megawatts, or just under two-thirds of the state’s electricity, come from solar or offshore wind farms by the end of 2035, and that by 2045 ...

Leaders from Franklin City Public Schools and the city of Franklin shared pointed criticism of each other’s management of their respective finances at recent Franklin City School Board and Franklin ...