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FREE CONTENT — Burn Ban in effect across county

Franklin County's Board of Supervisors and the Mississippi Forestry Commission have issued a county-wide burn ban in effect until March 24.No...

FREE CONTENT — Community Health Fair Tuesday

A free Community Health Fair will be conducted from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Family Health Care Clinic, located at 445 Main St. in...

State Champs Recognized

Submitted | Franklin AdvocateDuring a Tuesday, Feb. 17 meeting, the Franklin County Board of Education recognized some of the members of the JROTC...

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Public Notices 03-05-26

MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSIONINVITATION FOR BIDSSTUMPAGE FOR SALE ON16-5N-5E, Franklin County, MississippiSealed bids will be received by the Franklin County Board of...

Public Notices 02-26-26

February 24, 2026

MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSIONINVITATION FOR BIDSSTUMPAGE FOR SALE ON16-5N-5E, Franklin County, MississippiSealed bids will be received by the Franklin County Board of...

Community Calendar 03-05-26

OngoingSeeking Interest In Bryant ReunionOrganizers are seeking interest in having a 60th Class Reunion for the Lillie Mae Bryant High School Class of 1966. The reunion...

Submitted | Franklin Advocate
Millie Whitaker won the drawing for the Great Backyard Bird Count event
hosted by the Franklin County Library.

Between the Book Ends 03-05-26

By Jennifer Griffith-McCulloughThe final week of February at the library began with Lego Club on Monday, a lively story time on Tuesday and a...

Berrytown 03-05-26

BY PHYLLIS WHITTINGTONWe will Spring Forward this coming Sunday. You're going to lose that hour of sleep. Sympathy is extended to the family of Cynthia Littrell. She was...

Franklin County News

FREE CONTENT — Burn Ban in effect across county

Franklin County's Board of Supervisors and the Mississippi Forestry Commission have issued a county-wide burn ban in effect until March 24.No...

FREE CONTENT — Community Health Fair Tuesday

A free Community Health Fair will be conducted from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Family Health Care Clinic, located at 445 Main St. in...

State Champs Recognized

Submitted | Franklin AdvocateDuring a Tuesday, Feb. 17 meeting, the Franklin County Board of Education recognized some of the members of the JROTC...

Obituaries 03-05-26

BILLIE ROSE STROUDDec. 21, 1928-Feb. 28, 2026Funeral services for Billie Rose Stroud, 97, of Meadville, will be at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2026 from Middleton...

Obituaries 02-26-26

February 24, 2026

DANIELLE RENATA STEVENSONFuneral services for Danielle Renata Stevenson were conducted on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 from Brown Funeral Home, with Rev. Jessie Givens and Rev....

FCHS to present 'Little Women' March 20

Franklin County High School will present a production of "Little Women" starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, March 20.The play is an adaptation from Louisa May Alcott's classic...

Tracy Cupit | Franklin AdvocateMore than 80 Franklin County High School students descended on downtown Meadville on Thursday, Feb. 26 to collect...

Submitted | Franklin AdvocateOn Thursday, Feb. 19, Franklin County Robotics and Engineering students visited the United States Army Engineer...

Softball team earns first win of season

Franklin County High School's softball team picked up its first win of the 2026 season this past week, beating Enterprise on the road on Saturday.The victory was paired...

Bulldogs fall to Enterprise in pair of games

Franklin County High School's baseball team dropped a pair of games to Enterprise during the last week of action.The Bulldogs traveled to Crystal...

Howard inks with Gulf Coast

February 24, 2026

By Paul KeaneFranklin AdvocateDeallen Howard on Wednesday, Feb. 18, signed a letter of intent to play football at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community...

On Tuesday, Support Those Who Helped Us

It is a fundamental right of all Americans, and all eligible Franklin Countians need to turn out and cast a ballot in Tuesday's Democrat and Republican primaries. More...

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