Franklin County (Virginia)

An 18-year-old Greencastle, Pa., woman was killed Thursday morning in a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer on southbound Interstate 81 about 2 1/2 miles north of the Maryland state line, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Ayron P....

WEEK 4                       E.C. Glass 17, William Fleming 13   Franklin County 33, Magna Vista 30     Heritage 44, Halifax County 12  Patrick Henry 35, Blacksburg 13   George Washington 45, Churchland 14      Alleghany 36, Bath County 7  Salem...

State Rep. Rob Kauffman hosted his annual senior fair at the Chambersburg Mall on Friday. Representatives from 80 state agencies, local governments, businesses and nonprofit organizations were on hand to provide information and answer questions important...

OPENING FRIDAY  The Words   "ENMV0002364">"The Words" is, as its name suggests, a wordy melodrama about a young writer, Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), who finishes his first novel, three years in the making — which is promptly rejected. Then he...

A Franklin County man is dead following a three vehicle crash. It happened shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesday in the 6000 block of Buchanan Trail East in Washington Township.  A black 2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport, driven by Brent Berger, of Waynesboro,...

WEEK 2 SCORES           Amherst County 39, William Fleming 3  Woodbridge 27, Franklin County 7   E.C. Glass  17, Halifax County 6 Patrick Henry 35, Bassett 7   George Washington 41, Person, NC 7 Hidden Valley 10, William Byrd 0  Salem 34, Lord...

Environmental studies classmates Nicole Love and Jesse Jewell were walking toward Scarborough Library Monday afternoon, the first day of classes for Shepherd University’s 2012 fall semester. Both are entering their senior year. Love, from Fort...

Hurricane Isaac continued to hammer the Gulf Coast Wednesday afternoon, and the American Red Cross was ramping up for the relief effort that will follow the storm.  More than two dozen volunteers from our part of Virginia will be lending a hand.   In...

OPENED WEDNESDAY: Lawless  If you’re looking for moonshine, the place to start is in the foothills of south central and southwest Virginia. As the new movie “Lawless” makes clear, ’shine was never a passing fancy among the folk...

Bootlegging dramas come with a built-in sympathy clause in their contracts with the audience. C'mon! they plead. All these folks want is to get the government off their backs, follow their American dream and provide liquor to the masses. And by the way,...

Lawless If you're looking for moonshine, the place to start is in the foothills of south central and southwest Virginia. As the new movie “Lawless” makes clear, 'shine was never a passing fancy among the folk there. It's a tradition that goes back...

The movie "Lawless" is in theater's starting Wednesday, August 29th. It's based on a true story about the Bondurant Brothers: 3 brothers involved in moonshining during the Prohibition-era Virginia. "Lawless" is inspired by true events of Matt Bondurant'...