Franklin County News

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.

Regionalism, a fancy word for working with your neighbors, will be the buzzword today as state and regional economic developers descend on Franklin County.

Authorities say more arrests are possible in the investigation of an alleged theft ring accused of stealing more than $300,000 in merchandise across Mississippi.

Three men are in jail and more than $300,000 in stolen merchandise has been recovered as a result of an arrest last week in Columbia.

Wilkinson County authorities say they have made one arrest in the theft of personal belongings from a Franklin County school bus.

Boil-Water Alert for Franklin County Water system: FCWA-Hamburg [0190015] Effective date: 03/16/2009 FCWA - Hamburg [0190015] issued a Boil-Water Alert for customers who receive their drinking water from their ...

A $1.3 million federal health-care grant issued last week to Pearl-based Family Health Care Clinic makes it one of the first organizations in the state to benefit from the recently signed stimulus bill.

Franklin County senior Jamie Collins added cover boy to his latest list of accomplishments this week as one of three All-State recruits to appear on the cover of the new March/April issue of Mississippi Sports ...

MEADVILLE a ' Franklin County pitchers Destiny Dedeaux and Kacey Smith combined on a no-hitter as the Lady Dawgs defeated the Bogue Chitto Lady Bobcats 2-1 Tuesday night.

When Southern Miss football coach Larry Fedora set out to piece together this year's recruiting class, there was one overriding goal - more speed.

Frankilin County is under a boil-water alert. The Franklin County Water Association is warning customers in Roxie to boil their water before using it.

The Franklin County Water Association issued a boil-water alert today for 216 customers in the area off old Mississippi highway 33 in Roxie, including the Pine Forest subdivision.

The remnants of the local American Red Cross chapter sent a message to its former four-county area last week by proving it still has the ability to respond to major incidents.

A National Weather Service team is inspecting last week's storm damage and will soon make a final ruling - straight line winds or a tornado.

It started around 8:15 Tuesday night. "A gust of wind started coming. It was lightning and thunder," says Walter Smith.

A preliminary damage assessment shows two homes as uninhabitable and 25 structures showing damage in Adams County.