Franklin County News

Staff Photo by Stacey Hairston: Friday night's 10th annual Come Home to a Franklin County Christmas event drew a record crowd with unseasonable weather and numerous activities.

Staff Photo by Stacey Hairston: William Richardson, a We Care volunteer, is camping out at Smith Mountain Lake Building Supply until Dec. 15 to collect toys for needy children in Franklin County.

A woman from Southwest Virginia was sentenced Monday to four years in prison with all the time suspended for stealing prescription medications from a Boones Mill pharmacy in November 2012.

Remains found Thursday in Henry have been identified as those of Ricky Eugene Dodson of Bassett, the Franklin County Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Dodson went missing in early October around the same time Vicky Purdy disappeared.

The remains have been sent to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke for identification, according to Lt.

Staff Photo by Stacey Hairston: B-99's annual Bikes for Tykes drive is nearing an end.

Franklin County's jobless rate dropped to 5.1 percent in October from 5.5 percent in September, according to the Virginia Employment Commission .

Two new trials will be held for a lawsuit stemming from a wreck that killed two Rocky Mount volunteer firefighters.

Polly Dodson of Bassett believes the remains found Thursday in Franklin County are those of her son, who has been missing for more than two months.

Staff Photo by Stacey Hairston: Contractors hired by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service began the demolition process on the Pigg River Dam near the Franklin County Veterans' Memorial Park in Rocky Mount.

Courtesy Photo: A fire on Nov. 29 burned through three levels of this residence at 9050 Old Franklin Turnpike in Glade Hill.

The remains have been sent to the medical examiner's office in Roanoke for identification, according to Lt.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation into what appear to be human remains found in the Henry area of Franklin County.

Two Chatham men face up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Circuit Court to possession of burglary tools and trespassing for breaking into Doyle Enterprises in August.

A Rocky Mount man will serve three years of a six-year prison sentence for demanding money from a Virginia State Trooper.

Courtesy Photo: Eloise Vass, Libby Bondurant, Pat Jones and Tarah Holland display "Barn Quilt Trail" items that will be part of the annual "Come Home to a Franklin County Christmas" Friday evening.

The weather cooperated and so did residents, as the Franklin County Christmas Parade Sunday was one of the largest in history.

Two men and one woman were arrested Saturday and charged in connection with the theft of two laptop computers from Walmart in Rocky Mount.

Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro committed suicide by hanging himself in his prison cell, two corrections consultants concluded following a review of his death released Tuesday, rejecting earlier suggestions that he may have died accidentally while seeking a sexual thrill.