Franklin News

A 20-acre bean field that was rezoned to make way for a proton therapy cancer clinic in Franklin has been put on the market after backers Cal Turner Jr.

Mitchell Bailey with the TWRA said if it were a black panther, it would've had to be brought in from another part of the world.

'Hnsel and Gretel' The MTSU Opera and Theater departments will present three performances of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hnsel and Gretel," featuring students from the McFadden School of Excellence, Feb.

From the runway to the cow pasture, from corporate America to a country kitchen, the story could be right out of a Danielle Steel or Nora Roberts novel, but it's not.

It was the first time Keith Urban ever wrote a song for a movie - and the task wasn't easy.

Three candidates are vying for a single opportunity to be 21st Judicial District Circuit Court Judge.

Franklin Mayor Dr. Ken Moore and Williamson County Mayor Rogers Anderson welcomed 22 entrepreneurial students, ranging in ages from 12 to 17, from Beijing China Feb.

Michele Wilkinson says that Imagine Gallery of American Fine Art & Objects was opened to give people the opportunity to achieve a dream a place where visitors can feel those aspirations as they wander among the expressive paintings, marble sculptures and wearable art jewelry.

"We had an 800 MB hard drive and wow, that was huge. Now we've got that much memory in a flash drive," said Grant yesterday after releasing a Franklin Police Department smart phone application, said to be the first of its kind in the state.

Leadership Franklin is accepting applications for its 2012-2013 class. Applications may be downloaded at www.leadershipfranklin.org . Completed applications are due on or before June 1. Leadership Franklin is a non-profit community leadership organization dedicated to educating, informing and empowering leaders to improve the quality of life in ... (more)

Republican presidential hopeful - and former Massachusetts governor - Mitt Romney, 64, was fashionably late for a rally of the GOP faithful which was staged at the RV America dealership at Johnson's Corner in Colorado on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.

Rodney Atkins has been cleared of a domestic assault charge in connection with an argument with his wife Tammy at their Nashville-area home.

The new store is located at 5225 Old Hickory Blvd., Suite 204 in Hermitage, Tenn, 1 mile north of I-40 next to Firehouse Subs.

"It was made official this afternoon at 2:15 by Mrs. [Willie] Dickerson of introducing the new head football coach Donnie Webb to the players in the auditorium," Assistant Principal Marlon Ruck wrote in an email to Franklin football parents.

31, compared to earnings of $11.7 million in the same quarter a year ago. The company's net revenue for the just-ended quarter, the first quarter of its fiscal year, was $623.7 million, compared to $614.3 million a year ago.

River Park Hospital, McMinnville, Tenn., named Tim McGill as its new CEO. McGill, 56, starts the job Feb.

Restore Our Future Inc. : spent $18.1 million; raised $30.2 million. No Tennessee donors.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A former Tennessee governor and the state's current comptroller have ties to an East Tennessee bank that was closed by regulators in one of the state's first bank failures in nearly a decade.

A project completed for the City of Franklin, Cool Springs Area Intelligent Transportation System Expansion Project, is entered in the 2012 Engineering Excellence Awards competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Tennessee .

The Elks National "Hoop Shoot" State competition was held Feb. 4 at Liberty Elementary School in Franklin hosted by Nashville-Franklin Elks Lodge 72.