DAVID BALL AND PIONEER PLAYBOYS--The Franklin County Fair Board is pleased to announce that the musical talent for this year’s fair will be well-known country music artist, David Ball, performing along with duo Trees Leave inside the Southern Tennessee Agricultural Pavilion on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at 7:30 p.m. The fair will be held Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 18-21 at the fairgrounds.
The Franklin County Fair is scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 18-21. Mark these important dates as county fairs are well known for their outstanding family environment with fun events for all ages and this year’s fair promises to be no exception.
The Franklin County Fair Board is pleased to announce that the musical talent for this year’s fair will be well-known country music artist, David Ball, performing along with duo Trees Leave inside the Southern Tennessee Agricultural Pavilion on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at 7:30 p.m., immediately following the 2010 opening ceremonies. This is a free concert with the exception of...
The Franklin County Fair is scheduled for Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 18-21. Mark these important dates as county fairs are well known for their outstanding family environment with fun events for all ages and this year’s fair promises to be no exception.
The Franklin County Commission will have two special called meetings to be held July 29 and 30 at the Franklin County Annex to begin discussion for the 2010-2011 budget.
It’s not clear if the commission will need more time than the two...
Franklin County Sheriff’s Investigators said that a Moore County man died Monday afternoon after he jumped from Mansford Bridge Tims Ford Reservoir near the Broadview Community.
Sgt. Chris Guess stated that at approximately 2 p.m. on July...
The Franklin County Prevention Coalition has received results of the 2009-2010 Tennessee State Prevention Framework-State Incentive Grant student survey, which shows progress has been made in drug and alcohol use among Franklin County’s youth.
In hopes to further dissuade the use of cell phones in schools, Franklin County School Board has passed an updated version of the school system’s cell phone policy.
Prior to any changes to the policy, students caught with their cell phones during school...
Students start back to school next month, and due to the changes made to the schools’ dress code, those at the middle and high school level are expected to have a more "uniformed" look.
After further discussion and amendments at the Franklin...
The Franklin County Grand Jury met in regular session on Tuesday, July 6 and came back with no true bill against Mr. Larry White of Hollywood, Fla. for the shooting death of Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Mike Claiborne.
A large number of police officers from southern Tennessee and northern Alabama attended funeral services for Franklin County deputy Mike Claiborne Wednesday at Higgins Funeral Home in Fayetteville.
Jeans and crew neck t-shirts were approved at the Franklin County School Board meeting Thursday, June 17, in addition to the Dress Code Policy presented at its work session earlier this month.
Before denying Tinsley Asphalt LLC’s proposal to annex property in Franklin County’s Greenhaw area, the city of Monteagle’s Planning Commission discussed, with a Tinsley representative, the subject of sales tax revenue.
It's been over a year now since the great recession hit America’s landscape. Until now, industries here have been reporting reductions in workforce and labor.
Several companies here in Franklin County were willing to go on the record to...
The Franklin County Day Care Center shut its doors for the final time on Friday, May 28 after several decades of outstanding service to our community. The Winchester Church of Christ, located next door to the facility, has purchased the property to be used for Mother’s Day...
After construction crews worked long hours for three days, the Tennessee Department of Transportation opened the eastbound lanes of Interstate 24 near the Coffee, Grundy County lines Saturday morning. According to Jennifer Flynn of the Chattanooga office of TDOT, the lanes...
Franklin County experienced more traffic than usual on Tuesday morning after a large sinkhole swallowed a chunk of I-24 near the Pelham, Winchester exit.
Get a first hand look at the attempt to maintain the giant oil spill in the gulf coast. Follow the action from beginning to end and see if this ecological catastrophe can be contained.
Cowan Fire Department has been handing out smoke detectors as part of funding received from the Department Of Homeland Security for Fire Prevention and Safety Grant.
Cowan Firefighters will be going door to door in the city of Cowan giving...
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a K-9 officer.
According to Decherd Police Chief Ross Peterson, Sheriff Tim Fuller has been asked to assign an investigator to handle the death of the Decherd Police...
At the conclusion of the Winchester Planning Commission’s recent meeting, State Planning Commissioner Art Brown announced it would be his last Winchester Planning meeting.
Though he is still working with other cities in Franklin County,...
There’s an ugly problem in Franklin County and it’s a real shame. Folks who can’t afford to feed their pets are simply dropping them off by the side of the road, hoping for the best. Some of them are truly remorseful and they leave a pile of food beside their pet before taking...
Community college students, including those who attend Motlow College, will pay higher tuition rates this fall, according to Hilda Tunstill, vice president for business affairs at Motlow. Tuition increases for the 2010-2011 year were approved during the June meeting of the...
An infant child was a passenger in a vehicle when its driver and other occupant were arrested on several charges Monday, one being aggravated child abuse.
According to a report issued by Decherd Patrolman Chase Sons, at the direction of...
Commissioners passed an amendment during its budget process when approving charitable funding, which amounts to one percent of the total county budget.
The amendment passed by a majority vote, 8-6, eliminates $3,000 appropriated to the...
The Franklin County Quarterback Club is currently organizing a First Annual Hall of Fame Banquet to honor past Rebel Football players, and part of the proceeds from the event are set to go towards the constructing a Hall of Fame Monument.
Sonny Elliott revealed Monday night at the Winchester Board of Public Utilities meeting that a theft had occurred at Winchester Utilities’ old power warehouse.
Elliott, Winchester Utilties Board member, addressed the situation stating...
The University of the South's 2009-10 academic year comes to a close May 14, 15, and 16 with three ceremonies marking graduation weekend at Sewanee. Commencement and Baccalaureate ceremonies will be held for approximately 350 students from the College of Arts and Sciences,...
In an effort to draw more people, beer sales will now be allowed at the Bear Trace Golf Course at Tims Ford after the Franklin County Beer Board recently agreed to pass the measure.
However, there was some confusion whether or not beer...
Not only does the Nissan Powertrain Assembly Plant in Decherd care about making a quality product in their engines, they also care about the environment.
Just in time for Earth Day, the Decherd plant hosted a Recycling Expo.
Mike McWherter, son of former Gov. Ned McWherter and Democratic nominee for governor, stopped in Winchester for a while on Tuesday, July 20 as part of his statewide "Mike Works!" tour.
After eating a hearty, country lunch and chatting...
It’s the classic battle of state’s rights versus the federal government. Recently, Gov. Phil Bredesen signed an Immigration Bill under Republican pressure requiring local jailers to try and determine the immigration status of prisoners.
A Fayetteville man is dead following a weekend altercation and another resident of that town is being held under a $250,000 bond on a variety of charges in connection with the case including homicide.
Commissioner Ken Givens with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture (TDA) announced at the Franklin County School Board work session Thursday, June 3, that grant funds are available to schools interested in developing an agricultural learning center on their campus.
She may not be as recognized on this side of the pond, but to folks in the UK, Myleene Klass is as famous as they come. Just this past week, Klass was in Franklin County doing a British television program on Franklin County’s own Bunny Hawkersmith and several students in his...
Monday morning, May 31, friends, relatives and comrades gathered at Franklin Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum to spend a few quality minutes remembering the men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in wars gone by and in current conflicts around the world.
Earlier last week it was announced Griffin Industries, who’s responsible for dead animal removal for the Franklin County area, would no longer be providing the service.
As a result, Franklin County farmers will now be required to dispose...
The Franklin County School Board met Thursday night, May 13 and approved a one-time bonus to be added to school systems employees’ paychecks early next year.
A motion to use $400,000 of the anticipated general-purpose funds leftover from...
As expected, former Franklin County High School teacher Alton Roger Jolley pleaded "not guilty" in general sessions court on Friday though Jolley was not in court himself.
Representing Jolley will be Clinton Swafford of the law office,...
The state of Tennessee is well know as being always ready to lend a helping hand any time our neighbors are hurting or in need. And Franklin County was right on task this week, collecting cases of water, toiletries and supplies for the flood victims in Hickman County and other...
As a handful of voters, 20 percent of the electorate to be exact, went to the polls Tuesday, several seats were up for grabs including register of deeds and spots on the county commission.
With no general election opponent, Lydia Curtis...
Political winds were blowing at Monday night’s County Commission meeting as several members declined to vote in favor of additional funding for charitable organizations and a road project that could lead to a tax hike.
Three of the five candidates running for Franklin County School Board can rest easy now that the qualification deadline for the County General Election has passed.
"Because the last day to turn in qualifying papers to run in the election...
Do you have an extra $10? How about $20? In a little over a week you will be able to invest that ten or twenty dollars in a special time at Tims Ford Bass Club on Tims Ford Lake. The 2010 Take-A-Kid Fishing Rodeo is scheduled to kick things off at 6 a.m. July 10, and spending...
New Rebelette head basketball coach Tom Insell addressed a press conference Thursday morning, June 17 at Franklin County High School and wasted no time explaining that his current plans for the 2010-2011 Rebelette basketball season include the real possibility of making it...
In between a few thunderstorms and afternoon showers the 28th Herald Chronicle 2010 Softball Tournament came to a conclusion Sunday night, June 6, around 8:45 p.m., and standing atop one of the leader boards was a local softball squad, ABC Dental, who finished in first place...
Winchester Little League was selected to be a participant in the 2010 Chevy Youth Baseball Program. The Chevy Youth Baseball Program is an annual program sponsored nationwide by the General Motors Corporation and sponsored locally by Russell Barnett Chevrolet. Russell Barnett,...
On Monday, May 3, 2010, the newly elected board members of the Franklin County Quarterback Club announced the names of the members of the inaugural Franklin County High School Football Hall of Fame. The nomination committee submitted 15 names of former Franklin County football...
