Boones Mill News

Undetermined amount of cash taken in midday heist Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: The Franklin County Sheriff s Department is investigating a robbery at Carter s Bank and Trust in Boones Mill.

July 17, 2008 Updated: Boones Mill bank robbed A Boones Mill bank was robbed Thursday morning.

A Boones Mill man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident on Franklin Street early Sunday morning.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a house in Callaway Monday morning will be difficult to determine because the blaze left little evidence to examine.

Franklin County law enforcement says 2 search warrants they served at the same time at different places, turned up thousands of dollars of illegal fireworks and pipe bombs.

Daryl Hatcher, the Director of Public Safety in Franklin county, reads the inventory off of two seach warrants and comments on what he sees, "All of these in this list are reporting fireworks, they have an ...

Some Franklin County students are going to college this week, but they are only in elementary and middle school.

Photo from Joe Ferguson. The 1998 Group Study Exchange team from Virginia to Japan are Joe Ferguson of Salem, Jill Smeltzer of Abingdon, Linda Jolsinger of Roanoke, Nancy Sorrells of Abingdon, Debbie Garrett of ...

New equine arena provides shelter for riders, horses Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: Bill Hickok watches as his daughter, 7-year-old Meghan, pets Diesel, one of 12 horses used in the equine therapy programs at ...

Somebody has put sugar in the gas tank of knowledge about beating record fuel prices.

May 29, 2008 Rocky Mount woman killed in accident on US 220 A Rocky Mount woman died after she ran a stop sign on US 220.

VA: Gun rights activists protest sign in Boones Mill Source: Franklin News Post Posted on 05.18.08 by Mary Lou Seymour "Wearing blaze orange stickers that read 'GUNS SAVE LIVES,' nearly 40 members of the ...

May 19, 2008 Virginia school makes the ranks by sending female cadets into the Armed Services Half the cadets at VMI and Virginia Tech accept commissions in the Armed Forces these days.

“I can and I will have you shot.”

Editorial: Guns and council meetings don't mix Localities should have the authority to prohibit weapons in council chambers. via Roanoke Times

“I must strenuously object to your prejudice against me.”

Paul Henick, with the Virginia Citizens Defense League, attends Tuesday's Boones Mill Town Council meeting with a holstered handgun. via Roanoke Times

“Often times, my friends mistake my mom for me and vice versa. We share similar features, such as our eyes, nose and mouth. I love my mom very much and consider it a privilege to look like her.”

Can you match them all? Trish , left, and Alyssa Sterling of Vinton Alyssa e-mailed: "We always seem to get confused as sisters. via Roanoke Times

An overturned dump truck closed Virginia 122 just north of Hardy Road in Hardy for approximately three hours on May 1, according to Virginia State Police Trooper Rocky Howington. via Roanoke Times

“Ben Flora does not live, reside or have his abode in Boones Mill.”

Tuesday's election did not end the most recent political turmoil in Boones Mill, the Franklin County town that's earned a reputation over the years for its civic wrangling. via Roanoke Times

“Parents hold key to child's education.”

After almost eight months, the mailbag overfloweth on subjects as varied as Jeremiah Wright, Boones Mill, former city Councilman Alfred Dowe, a restaurant on Mill Mountain, the Roanoke police department and ... via Roanoke Times

A Franklin County grand jury indicted a Hardy man on a charge of involuntary manslaughter Monday in connection with the death of a 16-year-old last year. via Roanoke Times