Franklin News

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating its 123rd anniversary Sunday. The Rev.

Folks in Franklin West Virginia are being urge to conserve water, following an "8-inch" line break in a water main.

Often while driving west with the magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains looming before me, I ponder the thoughts of travelers from another time, as they, too, wondered what lay on the other side.

File photo - The West Virginia State Farm Museum's Country Fall Festival is slated for this Saturday and Sunday, and will feature apple cider making .

When the stakes are high, Russell Road knows how to come through on the biggest stage.

Heritage craft demonstrations involving white oak and black ash basketry, wool-spinning, barrel-making, blacksmithing, quilting and wooden utensil making will be among activities taking place during the four-day Treasure Mountain Festival, which begins Sept.

Police say a St. Albans man was driving under the influence with a woman and two small children in the vehicle in South Charleston.

The Pendleton County Commission will host a meeting tonight at the Franklin Community Center to discuss possible construction of a new federal detention center for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.

The Pendleton County Commission is holding a public meeting this month on a company's proposal to build a detention center for nonviolent illegal immigrants.

'Cause he had timin '... A ticka-ticka-ticka good timin' .... - Jimmy Jones How often do our lives take a different twist because of a few seconds or minutes separating us from certain calamities on life's thoroughfare? I'm proposing quite literal highway scenarios here.

'Cause he had timin '... A ticka-ticka-ticka good timin' .... - Jimmy Jones How often do our lives take a different twist because of a few seconds or minutes separating us from certain calamities on life's thoroughfare? I'm proposing quite literal highway scenarios here.

Parents of students at Jefferson and Franklin elementary centers again will have the option of where to send their children.

A vision decades in the making for Concord University is nearing a long-awaited completion.

2. Relay Raises $60,000 2009-07-13 FRANKLIN, W.Va. - The 2009 Pendleton County Relay for Life raised more than $60,000 for the American Cancer Society this past weekend, with more contributions still expected.

PARKERSBURG A six-week summer reading and nutrition program will be making a difference in the lives of 120 Wood County students enrolled this year.

July 3, 2009 WV Motorcycle and Safety Awareness Program Showcases New Mobile Training Unit Special to Huntingtonnews.net Charleston, WV -- West Virginia's Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Program put its new mobile training unit to work last week in Franklin, WV.

May 22, 2009 BYRD'S EYE VIEW: Congratulations to The Class of 2009 From the Desk of U.S. Sen.

Do you want to have a say in the future direction of the cities of Bluefield and Princeton? You can by voting, and you don't have to wait until the June 2 municipal contests to cast your ballot.

A Franklin, West Virginia man died in a motorcycle wreck Saturday. Forty-eight-year-old James Teter was driving near the Blue Hole area on U.S. Route 33 in Rawley Springs.