11th Annual Autumn Fest Fundraiser 
Charity Concerts at the Coves (SML) Police Looking for Driver in Crash that Killed Penhook Man
Virginia State Police Senior Trooper D.H. Cepelnick is investigating a motor vehicle crash which resulted…
Empire Bakery Opens Franklin County Facility
ROCKY MOUNT – Empire Bakery Commissary, LLC, a commercial producer of ready-made cakes, cookies and…
SML Wine Festival Moves to Mariner’s Landing for 2020
The Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival, the lake region’s largest and most popular annual event,…
Two Central Virginia Patients Test Negative for Coronavirus
RICHMOND – The Virginia Department of Health has received test results for the two Patients…
Police Investigating Henry Co. Homicide
On January 26, 2020 at 1:46 a.m., the Martinsville-Henry County 9-1-1 Center received a call…
Wirtz Man Arrested on Heroin Charge
BOONES MILL – A traffic stop for a missing front license plate led a Franklin…
Brian Robert Tench
Brian Robert Tench, age 53 of Penhook died on Friday, January 24, 2020. He was…
Mary “Nancy” Berger Altice
Mary “Nancy” Berger Altice, 90 of Union Hall went to be with the Lord on…
Franklin County Receives Additional $2.3 Million in Broadband Funding
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Virginia- On January 22nd, Governor Ralph Northam announced more than $18.3 million in…