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Logger killed by falling tree in western Va.
A logger is dead after he was hit by a falling tree while trimming another tree's branches in the Hardy area of Franklin County.
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Franklin Co. wants to restrict trucks on winding state route - roanoke.com
Franklin County has joined Roanoke County in a request to restrict trucks on a portion of Virginia 116.
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Stepmother of Ferrum shooting victim talks about what son remembers
Ferrum, Franklin County, and Conservation Police were back out on the scene Wednesday morning.
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A young woman's life has been cut short, a hunter is facing very serious charges, and a college campus is stricken with grief.
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Ferrum College student killed in hunting-related shooting
A Ferrum College student was killed and another was injured in a shooting near campus about 4 p.m. today in which a hunter apparently mistook the students for deer, authorities said.
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Police: Deer Hunter Shoots Three College Students, Killing One
The Department of Game & Inland Fisheries say a man hunting deer shot three people Tuesday killing one.
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UPDATED: Shooting in Franklin County near Ferrum College
A spokesperson for Ferrum College says a student was shot Tuesday afternoon in what appears to be a hunting-related incident.
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Australian film director hints at 'Wettest County' castingCarolyn Hax ...
Matt Bondurant's "The Wettest County in the World" is a fictional account of a very real time.
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County revisits limits on noise
Almost all of us find some noises annoying. The thumping bass from the car at the stoplight, the neighbor's dogs who bark all night, the rumble from the manufacturing plant a few blocks away, the rock band at the bar down the street.
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Police searching for robbery suspect - roanoke.com
Authorities are looking for a man who robbed a Rocky Mount bank Thursday morning.
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Police searching for suspect in U.S. 220 North bank robbery
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 ...
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Podcast with a great bluegrass tenor singer, Junior Sisk of Franklin County
Junior Sisk, who performs on Saturday at the Franklin County Free Clinic and Health Expo and Fiddle Fest, is a heckuva nice guy.
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Deputies need help locating bank robber in Franklin County
The robbery happened at the Franklin Community Bank on Shepard Road, across from Duncan Ford.
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Flooding, downed trees close western Va. roads
Flooding from persistent heavy rain and downed trees are closing roads in western Virginia.
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Thirteen workers were displaced Monday when Underwood Custom Kitchens in Ferrum was destroyed by fire.
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Franklin Co. Business Destroyed By Morning Fire
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.
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Fire burns cabinet shop in Ferrum
VDOT says both lanes of Route 40 westbound have been re-opened. Billy Ferguson with Franklin County's Department of Public Safety tells our crew on the scene that the fire sparked in a duct at Underwood's Custom Kitchens, around 8:30 a.m. Ferguson added that six employees were inside when the fire started, and none are seriously hurt.
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New safety center opens on Ferrum College campus
Ferrum College will open its new campus safety and welcome center with an informal open house from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today.
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Western Virginia Water Authority votes in its newest member
A local utility is springing forward toward a new future. Thursday morning, the Western Virginia Water Authority convened and voted in its newest member.
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Swine flu inoculations begin at county schools
Students at Sontag and Snow Creek elementary schools became the first students in Franklin County to receive the H1N1 flu vaccine on Monday.
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