Vision Tours, the charter bus service that Dr. Eric Majette and Raymond Everett brought to Franklin in 2023, is significantly ...

The Project Program Planning and Development Committee of the Franklin Tri-County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta ...

Franklin City Council voted 6-0 on Monday, Sept. 8, to retain a Richmond-based firm named Capital Results to provide interim ...

Ward 3 Councilman Gregory McLemore raised concerns about the rest of the Franklin City Council’s decision to give recently resigned City Manager Rosylen Oglesby severance pay, noting that he did not ...

In the mid-1930s, Camp Manufacturing Company, which had been in the lumber business since its founding in 1887, was engaging in serious discussions about entering the paper-making business. In 1936, ...

KITTY HAWK, North Carolina – Mandy Michelle Hewett, 45, was born Dec. 4, 1979, in Franklin, VA. Surrounded by loved ones, she passed away peacefully at Chesapeake Regional Hospital on Sept. 2, 2025.

U.S. Rep. Jen Kiggans, who represents Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District, introduced the Cheroenhaka (Nottoway) Indian ...

Karl Heck, of Franklin, received one of the U.S. Chess Federation’s 2025 awards for Meritorious Service as part of the national organization’s annual award cycle.  A news release noted that Heck ...

Courtland-based Nottoway House Furniture (NHF), which has been a stalwart presence in the community since 1955, will be ...

FRANKLIN – Virginia Ann Bailey passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2025 at The Village at Woods Edge at the age of 85. Born in Waverly, her family moved to Wakefield which she called home. Virginia Ann ...

MILLS RIVER – Katherine (Kem) Moore Van Voorhis of Mills River, North Carolina went to be with Jesus on Sept. 7, 2025 with her immediate family by her side. She died peacefully after a long courageous ...