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 — ...

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – Effie King, age 88, passed away peacefully on June 11, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born on Nov. 26, 1936, in Bonnerton, North Carolina, Effie lived a life marked by ...

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 ...

EMPORIA – Ruth Kauer Phillips, 100, passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2025. She is preceded in death by her husband, David Jack Phillips; parents, Peter and Isabel Kauer and sisters, Lila Landrum and ...

FRANKLIN – Pamela Hodgman Laird, age 79, formerly of Norfolk, passed away on June 11, 2025 at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Pam was predeceased by her parents, Robert Emery ...

BRANCHVILLE – Mr. Winfred Bernard Turner, age 63, of Branchville, departed this earthly life on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Courtland Health & Rehabilitation Center, Courtland, Virginia. A public ...