Ferrum News

When the new school year begins today in Franklin County, the traffic volume and congestion will increase on county highways as more than 150 school buses will be back on the road to transport students to and ...

Roger Handy's name has been synonymous for more than 30 years with bluegrass music in Franklin County and throughout the country.

Superintendent Charles Lackey challenged the new teachers in the Franklin County school system "to be the best and professional" as they prepare for the 2008-2009 school year.

August 6, 2008 Pre-season poll for USA South Atlantic Conference released Ferrum College knows where the coaches in its own conference feel like they should finish.

It's Christmas in July at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre with their Sanders family production.

It's Christmas in July at the Blue Ridge Dinner Theatre with their Sanders family production.

Starchild Abraham Dreaming Wolf Cherrix participates in a yoga session during the Earthsong Teen Meditation Retreat.

Ed and Debbie Crawford are accustomed to stares and finger pointing from boaters on Smith Mountain Lake.

July 9, 2008 College students ask Virginia residents about community concerns From one door to another, this summer 50 college students are hitting the streets across Virginia as community organizers.

Veteran members of the Rocky Mount Rotary Club agreed that Thursday night's 22nd annual Independence Day Festival drew the largest crowd in recent years to Cy Dillon Stadium on the Franklin County High School ...

Rocky Mount councilman suggests academic program in bluegrass, gospel music Staff Photo by Morris Stephenson: A group of 47 senior citizens from Yanceyville, N.C., visited the Blue Ridge Institute at Ferrum ...

The Floyd Community Health Center is stationed now outside an arts center. Lindsay Key Sylvia Waters, a licensed practical nurse and Floyd resident, restocks a cabinet with sterile suture sets in a Floyd ...

Among Franklin County schools, Snow Creek Elementary has the highest percentage of students who ride school buses to and from school.

Photo by H.W. Smith: Roni Stoneman, performing here at the 2006 Wayne Henderson Music Festival, is one of three of Ernest Stoneman's daughters, who carries on country music's longest family legacy.

Staff Photo by Ken Bradley: The green box dumpster site next to the Dairy Queen in Ferrum will close July 7 and will be moved to a front portion of the Serenity House Cabinets property on Route 40 West.

Moore holds a record of "Dad, Sister and Mother Are Gone," which was written by his wife.

The Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club Scholarship Trust, Inc. and the SML Lions Club awarded nine college scholarships totaling $42,000 and $3,000 respectively to Franklin County High School seniors at the club's ...

Despite temperatures in the mid-90s and low water levels, the seventh annual Pigg River Ramble Canoe Race and Fun Float Weekend established new records in each of the three events.

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Fires gutted a house near Rocky Mount and destroyed a barn in Callaway over the weekend.