Franklin County (Virginia)

The Chewsville Lions Club has announced that Linda Irvin-Craig of the Historial Society will speak at its regular membership meeting Tuesday, Feb. 19.  If you wish to attend the meeting, RSVP to Warren or Martha Middlekauff at 301-739-3298 no later than...

When it comes to the 2012 election, I have four important words for you: “Thank God it’s over.” The votes have been cast, the winners have been congratulated, the election-party hangovers have abated and the world has started to move...

Fun Fest planned On Saturday, Shiloh United Methodist Church will hold an outdoor fun fest from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Crafters, flea market and yard sale vendors are wanted.  Spaces are available for $10.  To obtain a space, please call Dianne Keller at 301-...

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,...

Yo! If your neighbor is building a time machine out of a DeLorean, you may want to call the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials. Your neighbor could be building the...

House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, is one of a nine “rising elected leaders” who have been invited to address CPAC, the mega-gathering of Republican conservatives hosted by the American Conservative Union. “We are...

Jerry Feaser of the Pennsylvanai Game Commission reports the following: As Pennsylvania hunters and trappers begin purchasing their 2011-12 licenses (as of Monday, June 11), Pennsylvania Game Commission teams of land managers, foresters and Food and Cover...

Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum may not live in Pennsylvania any more, but he still has friends here. Calling him the right man for the right time, 15 members of the 30-member Republican caucus in the state Senate have come out......

The Nazareth and Liberty wrestling teams won matches Friday at the Virginia Duals. Nazareth won a pair of matches to reach the semifinals of the 16-team National Division bracket. Liberty, the top seed in the 16-team American Bracket, easily won......

The Virginia Cooperative Extension wants to make sure homeowners who rely on wells, know whether their water is safe to drink. "We've got that rotten egg smell," says Linda Oliver, a homeowner in Roanoke County. Oliver, like an estimated 22 percent...

Outside the court house, former Virginia State Police Sergeant Matthew Brannock said he is satisfied with the ruling handed down to Jonathan Agee on Wednesday. Agee was sentenced to serve three life sentences in prison for killing his ex-wife, and...

A nine-month investigation by Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control agents has resulted in moonshining charges against a Penhook man. Agents say they destroyed two 800-gallon black-pot stills on Monday in eastern Franklin County. They also...