Franklin leaders offered contrasting views after FCPS Superintendent Carlton Carter resigned and the School Board named Dr. Clint Walters acting superintendent.

Homegrown Harvest Festival returns to Franklin Sept. 25-26 with food, music and events supporting hunger, education, health and wellness.

Sept. 25 will mark the first annual Give Like Dolly Day, encouraging support for local Imagination Library programs, including Franklin and Southampton County.

Dr. Charles Qualls reflects on Psalm 103’s sweeping language as an expression of God’s boundless grace amid life’s pain and ...

Community members voiced optimism after FCPS Superintendent Dr. Carlton Carter resigned and Dr. Clint Walters was named acting superintendent.

Franklin City Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Amanda Rottenhoffer and her 6-year-old son, Matthew, last ...

Southampton County supervisors unanimously approved a one-year plan to raise employee pay to the 50th percentile, effective ...

Rawls Museum Arts’ 2026 Juried Exhibition will feature 71 works by 47 artists from 15 states, on view Sept. 19-Oct. 23 in ...

The Nottoway Indian Tribe of Virginia’s 2026 Annual Powwow returns to Surry Sept. 19-20 with music, dance, crafts and a VMFA ...

Two men were arrested after an investigation into the alleged unauthorized use of a Southampton County Public Schools vehicle ...

Franklin City School Board Vice Chair John Thomas Allsbrook argues Robert Holt’s long tenure should be judged by transparency, accountability and outcomes for ...

Franklin’s fourth annual Trick or Trot 5K and Pumpkin Dash returns Oct. 17, with races, a costume contest and family ...