Franklin News

Franklin F&AM Lodge 57 hosted a lunch for St. Mary Parish Red Ribbon campaign workers Wednesday at the lodge on Main Street in Franklin.

The Bayou Beaux Arts and Dance Program, which is an initiative open to youth ages 7 to 18, is set for this summer in Franklin.

The Mardi Gras season is fast approaching, and Krewes are already getting in gear for the Feb.

Mr. and Mrs. Donelson Palfrey Stiel Sr. and Cheryl Neumann Kemper, all of Franklin, wish to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Caroline Susan Stiel, to Joseph Andrew Strohm, son of Mr.

Sales tax collections in the fourth quarter of 2011 were down 9.8 percent from the same period in 2010, but collections for the year were up 2.6 percent.

Michelle Chapman 25 yoa of 605 Todd St., Berwick was arrested on 1-27-2012 at 8:45 am on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charges of Possession of Synthetic Cannabinoids, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Abuse of Toxic Vapors.

A call for bids is expected to go out in about three weeks on the earthwork for the new medical office building at Franklin Foundation Hospital.

Renovations of the Alex P. Allain Memorial Library on Iberia Street have been under way since late May.

Nina Morgan 30 yoa of 105 Rose Park Lane, Morgan City was arrested on 1-20-2012 at 11:33 am on a warrant for Issuing Worthless Checks.

One of the two people accused of a double homicide in Franklin in 2009 pleaded guilty in 16th Judicial District Court this morning.

Marchers left the corner of Wall Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard at noon Monday to commemorate the late civil right's leader's life and work.

Franklin City Council members meet tonight in their first regular session of 2012.

Family, friends and former students of the late Coach Oneal Chube Jr. gathered Saturday for the renaming of Fourth Street in Franklin in his honor.

The Kinston Community Health Center is without its CEO after Carla Pellerin resigned the post last week.