Meadville News

The former president of Franklin County Financial Services in Meadville has been sentenced in three separate bank fraud schemes to serve 46 months in federal prison.

A "How to Have a Firewise Home" program will be hosted by the Franklin County Soil and Water Conservation District and presented by Mississippi Forestry Commission.

Gov. Haley Barbour and state lawmakers are taking a break in their dispute over how to fill a $90 million funding gap in Medicaid for the next year.

Softball No. 1 success story in area sports Softball was the No. 1 success story during the 2007-08 school year.

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Steele of Meadville, MS, are proud to announce the engagement of their daughter, Lori Shannon Steele, to Mr. via Hattiesburg American

“We've been there in Meadville from the very beginning. We have deep roots there and we are not going anywhere, that's for sure.”

' From its humble beginnings as a few trailers stationed on Main Street in Meadville, Cellular South has blossomed into one of the largest privately owned wireless companies in the nation. via Natchez Democrat

“A gentleman coming by saw the smoke from the engine, and thank goodness he saw it because if he hadn't, I don't know when we'd have found him”

A Meadville man was killed in a single-vehicle accident Thursday morning in Franklin County. via The Daily Leader

The state Department of Health has issued a boil water alert for those who receive their drinking water from the FCWA-South Meadville water supply in Franklin County. via The Clarion-Ledger

“Big Paw, Big Paw! Buck down - a six pointer!”

Back on Jan. 5, my family and I were hunting near Meadville, Miss. I wanted to come home early Saturday morning, but Bradley Stewart wanted to make one drive Saturday morning. via The Daily Star

Franklin County 01/18/08 Four Arrested at Marijuana Farm Agents with the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and authorities from Franklin County have arrested four people in connection with two indoor marijuana ... via WLBT-TV Jackson

Franklin County 01/18/08 4 Arrested and Marijuana Farm Busted MBN agents and Franklin County authorities have arrested four people in connection with two indoor marijuana cultivation operations. via WLBT-TV Jackson

“Agents seized approximately 100 marijuana plants along with five pounds of processed marijuana, two handguns, a motor vehicle and $1,955 in U.S. currency at these respective locations.”

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents this week arrested four people and seized about 100 marijuana plants after busting two indoor cultivation operations in Franklin County. via The Clarion-Ledger

Dawn Tisdale is a listening ear. A counselor for 17 years, Tisdale has been the counselor for 11th and 12th grade students at Petal High School for 14 years. via Hattiesburg American

We spotted Cindy Cater, 24, of Meadville, who is a certified personal trainer at Curves. via Hattiesburg American

“I wish it was cooked because I could eat it right now.”

Several years of waiting paid off for anglers Wednesday when hundreds bagged their limit within hours following the opening of Franklin County's Lake Okhissa. via The Daily Leader

“We had people coming and asking for it, and we were having to unplug one of our computers if they needed to use their own laptop so they could plug it in”

The Lincoln Lawrence Franklin Regional Library System is making life a little easier for travelers, students, business folk and others who rely on their laptop computers in everyday life. via The Daily Leader

“This is one of my high points in my career”

MEADVILLE - Okhissa Lake in the Homochitto National Forest is set to open on Nov. via The Clarion-Ledger