Franklin County News

Because of the budget crunch for Franklin County schools, there will be a four-day a week summer school for elementary students this summer.

John Perry, 16 ; Kyle Wisniewski, 16; and Brendan Cottrell, 14, apply skirting to a home in Franklin County last week as part of a volunteer partnership between STEP Inc.

June 30, 2009 Preliminary hearing for Franklin County man accused of killing mother-in-law A Franklin County man accused of stabbing his quadriplegic mother-in-law to death made his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon.

For Ferrum College, helping to expand wireless communications in the county has meant far more than finding strategic locations for microwave towers.

A popular summer pastime is now being banned at Smith Mountain Lake. Even if you've never done it, you've probably heard about the cliff-jumping at the lake in Franklin County.

The Rocky Mount Virginia Department of Transportation office on State Street is scheduled to be closed because of $1.5 billion in reductions in the state's six-year transportation plan.

A fire Tuesday morning caused extensive damage to a Rocky Mount house, but no one was injured.

After winning fourth-runner up in the 2008 Miss Virginia Pageant, Chinah Helmandollar of Hardy is prepared for another shot at the crown.

The town of Rocky Mount is getting pinched like many other Virginia localities these days.

Ronald A. "Ronnie" Thompson, the unopposed candidate for the Boone District seat on the Franklin County Board of Supervisors, will be the first declared Republican to serve on the Franklin County Board of Supervisors.

The Animal Welfare League of Pittsylvania County would like to see improvements at the county's animal-control facility.

However, supervisors cannot grant request to waive tipping fees for asphalt disposal Courtesy Graphic: This is an architect s sketch of what uptown Rocky Mount could look like after revitalization.

It is not too late for residents of Southern Virginia to get free money for college this fall through the Southside Tobacco Loan Forgiveness Program.

Phillip Swicegood fishes from a concrete area above the Pigg River low-head dam at Veterans' Memorial Park in Rocky Mount.

After enduring several years of drought, residents and business owners are seeing a noticeable rise in water levels at Smith Mountain Lake.

The Hot Dog Festival is set for Monday, June 15 at the farmers' market in Rocky Mount.

Bobby Pruitt, Franklin County Parks System manager, spoke to 25 members of the Rotary Club of Smith Mountain Lake on May 28.

Staff Photo by Joel Turner: Henry Elementary third-graders hold up a Relay for Life banner.

When members of the Float Fishermen of Virginia started planning for a public paddling trip to show off the Roanoke River, one of the big concerns was that the river wouldn't have enough water in June.

If anything, judging by the latest radar, A it will only get wetter overnight as a slow-moving low pressure system south of us andA a stalled front near us interact.