February 17, 2010
A long, cold winter drags on in Western Tidewater, but the grand prizes in the Franklin Rotary Club’s annual Bowl-a-Thon conjure images of warmer days ahead. Rotarians Elliott Whitfield (left) and Taylor Williams visited Franklin Bowling Center this week to promote the Feb. 27 event’s grand prizes — a three-night cruise to the Bahamas and a cookout for 50 people, courtesy of Williams. The bowler who raises the most money will choose between the two prizes. The runner-up fundraiser will get the other grand prize.

August 1, 2009
Franklin resident Joe Gay examines a decaying, chipped headstone in the oldest section of Poplar Spring Cemetery, where 84 Civil War soldiers are buried.

March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009

March 7, 2009
Fate brought Steven and anne Hager to Franklin, and they couldn't be happier.