Franklin News

Sometimes as you walk through this world you are confronted by displays of courage that are so breathtaking you are forced to take pause in your life to re-evaluate your own worth to those around you.

FRANKLIN - Police have accused a 59-year-old Spring Hill man of robbing a CVS pharmacy.

Christian music singer Steven Curtis Chapman is still coping with the death of his adopted daughter, 5-year-old Maria, who was accidentally struck in the family's driveway by one of her brothers who was returning home in his truck in May 2008.

Franklin's first law focused on clearing the city of graffiti would make parents pay when their kids deface others' property.

The Williamson County School Board will take a final vote Monday night on a proposed rezoning plan.

Franklin aldermen won't pay for a new, permanent traffic signal at the intersection of Oxford Glen Drive and Clovercroft Road, even though a recent traffic study deemed a light is needed.

In business, people often say it is about location, location, location, and while Cornerstone Financial Credit Union has relocated its office to a highly visible corner at Fifth Avenue North and Fair Street in Franklin, CEO Hank Flury still thinks it is also about relationships, relationships, relationships.

Franklin wants to close the gate on installing new chain-link fences in the city.

FRANKLIN - Beginning November 21, county residents will be able to drop off batteries, oil, paint, anti-freeze and electronics at the Franklin Transfer Station located at 417 Century Court.

Slow Food Nashville is hosting dinner tonight at Red Pony Restaurant , the styley place in downtown Franklin.

Could yogurt be the new cupcake? Following the craze that brought cupcakeries including Gigi's, IveyCake and Naticakes to Franklin, frozen yogurt is now having an "it dessert" moment.

NASHVILLE - Federal officials have charged a former executive of a failed financial services company in Franklin, Tenn., with defrauding investors who deposited funds exceeding $11 million.

FRANKLIN - Although parents were no less passionate, emotions appeared to be kept in check last night at the first of a handful of community meetings to discuss rezoning proposals for several Williamson County schools.

Millions in federal stimulus dollars will be coming to Franklin for water and sewer projects, but none is earmarked for the $1.32 million sewer project in the Monticello subdivision.

When Harry Sanders was a freshman, Franklin High School was the largest building he had ever been in.

FRANKLIN - Country star Buddy Jewell of Nolensville will join Stella Parton and Adam Gregory in a candlelight vigil this afternoon to raise awareness of World Orphans Day and support fundraising efforts through The Stars Foundation.

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Tennessee are proposing a settlement with a builder of high-end homes in suburban Nashville for failing to obtain the proper storm water discharge permits at several projects in Williamson County.

In Los Angeles, hungry folks stand in 45-minute-long lines to buy $2 tacos from trucks.

Tennessee tourists and locals alike know to visit Graceland, Dollywood and the Ryman theater, but what about the authentic etouffee at Papa Boudreaux's Cajun Cafe in Santa Fe, or the blood-stained floors of the Lotz House, which once served as a Civil War hospital in Franklin? These and many other lesser-known sites will be highlighted through the ...

Conservative protesters filled an area around the east side of the Tennessee State Capitol on Saturday afternoon, saying they were putting politicians on notice that they had better shape up or face being voted out of office in 2010.