Franklin News

DISPATCH ON 2/2/1997 Joseph Paul Franklin was 23 when he first looked at a Hustler magazine.

Approximately 30 residents, as well as associates, friends and family members, gathered in the dining room of Thomson Manor Health Care Center last Thursday morning for a kick-off celebration of the home's second Cystic Fibrosis fundraiser.

A Monday night shooting on Lookout Mountain has left one man dead, and another man was taken into custody.

The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded $10.5 million in stimulus funds to several north Georgia counties Friday including Hall, Banks, Habersham, Franklin and Towns.

A reproduction of an original bridge over the Chattahoochee River between Coweta and Carroll counties will be constructed as a footbridge as part of an ongoing surge of tourism infrastructure projects undertaken by Carroll County.

Here are miniprofiles of employees retiring from the Troup County school system: - Gloria T. Boggs , second-grade teacher, Cannon Street Elementary School Boggs has 30 years with Troup County schools, and she previously was em- ployed for one year with Chambers County, Ala.

Kenny Carroll of Opelika, Ala., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League Dixie Division tournament on West Point Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 22 pounds, 11 ounces.

From staff reports Authorities found the body of a Franklin man who apparently drowned Monday night after falling off a bridge over New River in Heard County.

A Franklin man apparently drowned Monday night after falling off a bridge over New River in the Corinth community north of Hogansville.

The Footina it for Fine Arts 5K run/walk begins at 8 a.m. and the 1-mile run/walk begins at 8:45 a.m. at Granger Park Tennis Courts.

The Whitfield County rabies vaccination clinic will be May 2 with reduced fees of $10 per cat or dog vaccinated.

Submitted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources ATHENS - Twelve elementary school children have been selected as statewide winners in the Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest, the Georgia Wildlife Resources Division announced.

In February of 2008, Larry Poole, Jr. caught a Yellow Perch in the Savannah River that has been recognized as a state record catch by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

The Athens Land Trust will offer a two-day free homebuyer workshops from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and March 6 in the classroom at El Banco de la Oportunidad, 995 Hawthorne Ave.

The Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education located at North Georgia College & State University has invited 39 Appalachian high schools to submit proposals for competitive grant funding for the ...

Emily Phillips We respectfully announce the passing of Mrs. Emily Phillips, of Franklin, Georgia on February 11, 2009 at Piedmont Newnan Hospital.

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Tornado Warning for Heard and Troup counties until 915 pm.

The Troup County school board has appointed Nicole Teaver as instructional specialist at Franklin Forest Elementary School and Lauren Wilson as registrar at Troup High School.

Richard Garcia was heating up some lunch when he nearly lit his house on fire, forgetting he'd turned on the stove.

After more than a year without a full-time doctor, the Community Medical Center of Hogansville has a new physician.