Franklin County News

The Alcorn State University Family Clinic giving free H1N1 vaccinations to students at Adams County and Franklin County students.

Myron Wayne "Jack" Seale of Natchez was a notorious Klansman implicated along with his brother and father for the Franklin County, Miss., murders of two black teenagers in 1964 and the 1965 murder of a fellow Klansman for allegedly informing to the FBI.

Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale lost one appeal argument Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court in his quest to overturn his 2007 federal kidnapping convictions in the deaths of two black teens more than 45 years ago.

All seven candidates on Tuesday's ballot for sheriff bring to the table a significant amount of law enforcement experience, but voters need to be aware of more than just crime credentials, state and local officials say.

Canadian filmmaker David Ridgen says the Dee-Moore murders came about in part because "in southwest Mississippi, in the spring of 1964, the Klan had a theory that blacks were running guns into Franklin and Adams County in order to start what they characterized as a 'Muslim insurrection'." Ridgen wrote, produced and directed the award-winning 2007 ...

Officials say the Veterans Affairs Meadville Clinic in Franklin County is scheduled to close its doors on Nov.

Officials say the Veterans Affairs Meadville Clinic in Franklin County is scheduled to close its doors on Nov.

A 24-year-old Franklin County woman has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old boy.

The Past Is Never Dead By Harry MacLean Hardcover, 304 pages Dutton Juvenile Basic Civitas Books: $25.95 The ghosts of Mississippi die hard.

SOUTH MISSISSIPPI a ' Construction is under way on three segments of U.S. Highway 84 throughout the state, according to the Mississippi Department of Transportation.

A former forester said officials are excessively cutting down the timber in his county, trying to raise more money for schools.

Officials say the biggest birthday party in Franklin County history has been delayed until next year to make sure that everything planned for the event is prepared.

An 11-year-old boy visiting family friends died Wednesday morning after being run over by a tractor and bush hog in Franklin County.

JACKSON - A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against a southwest Mississippi county that claims law enforcement was complicit in the 1964 killings of two black teenagers.

MEADVILLE a ' A Meadville woman died Saturday in a car crash on U.S. 84 in Franklin County.

A Franklin County sheriff's deputy has been arrested. Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing says 38-year-old Bryan A. Emfinger of Meadville was charged with computerized luring of a person under 18 for sexual purposes.

A Franklin County sheriff's deputy has been arrested. Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing says 38-year-old Bryan A. Emfinger of Meadville was charged with computerized luring of a person under 18 for sexual purposes.

The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has received damage reports from 19 counties as a result of the severe weather that moved through the state Saturday and Sunday.