Rocky Mount News

Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: Stepping Stone Mission will be serving a much larger meal on Thanksgiving Day than the usual one volunteers prepared Tuesday.

STAUNTON - Lillian Jean Weaver, 94, widow of Herbert Monroe Weaver, died Sunday, Nov.

A leading opponent of the proposed Mary Elizabeth Park site for an amphitheater in Rocky Mount says the facility would have an adverse environmental impact on nearby residential neighborhoods, hurt property values, increase vacancy rates, and create noise and trash problems.

A grassroots effort to continue the services of Didlake Inc. in Rocky Mount is under way after the non-profit company recently announced it is closing its operation here.

A hunter who is charged with manslaughter in the death of a Ferrum College student will remain free while a judge considers whether his $20,000 bond should be increased.

The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has developed two informative traveling exhibits that will be available beginning in 2010 to communities in The Crooked Road region, which includes Rocky Mount and Franklin County.

Residents of Rocky Mount and Franklin County can now enjoy bluegrass music videos in their homes, free of charge.

Rocky Mount will join Franklin County and Franklin County schools in seeking a federal grant to hire a consultant to make an energy audit of their public buildings, hire an energy manager, and make improvements to the buildings to make them more energy efficient.

Rocky Mount's residential water and sewer rates are below the average for localities, both statewide and regionally, based on a new statewide report.

With heavy rain and temperatures in the mid-40s, Woodlawn Baptist Church was filled as the annual Veterans' Day service was moved from Veterans' Memorial Park Thursday.

Remnants from Hurricane Ida moved farther north than expected, dumping more than 4 inches of rain on Franklin County.

The Franklin News-Post P. O. Box 250 310 Main Street, SW Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151 540-483-5113 Fax: 540-483-8013 BREAKING NEWS: Police searching for suspect in U.S. 220 North bank robbery Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Area law enforcement agencies are searching for a suspect in connection with a morning armed robbery at Franklin Community Bank on ...

Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Rocky Mount bank late this morning.

Courtesy of Hill Studio: This is the architectural design for the proposed amphitheater in Mary Elizabeth Park.

Thirteen workers were displaced Monday when Underwood Custom Kitchens in Ferrum was destroyed by fire.

The fifth annual Veterans' Day service at the Franklin County Veterans' Memorial Park will be held Wednesday, Nov.

A Ferrum business was destroyed by fire this morning. Underwood's Custom Kitchens near the intersection of Franklin and Skillet roads is deemed a total loss after the fire, which started in the attic, said Franklin County Fire Marshal Bennie Russell.

Twenty-four area residents were arrested Friday morning on drug charges after being indicted by a grand jury.

Using a healthy lifestyle to prevent and cure diseases... One heart researcher says its possible and he's helped thousand of people do it.

The members of the Rocky Mount Planning Commission believe that an arts and culture district could be a good marketing tool to help attract businesses into vacant buildings in downtown and uptown.