The ongoing mandatory use of face masks within local public schools won’t immediately change, but Superintendent of Education Chris Kent said he hopes to be able to address...

The Franklin County School District voted unanimously on Tuesday, March 21 to upgrade traditional outdoor lighting to cost-efficient LED...

PEARL — Franklin County High School senior Rebekah Griffin has been selected as STAR student for the 2022-2023 academic year, and will be honored...

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department is coordinating a local, grassroots effort — in conjunction with first responders from across Mississippi...

RIDGELAND — Students from the Franklin County School District successfully competed in four sections of the Mississippi Scholastic Chess Team...

While the Homochitto River Festival and Market is still seven months away, the much-anticipated prelude celebration — known simply as the “Reveal...

The “Shop the Block” event is set to return to downtown Bude from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 1 — weather permitting. Franklin County...

A Franklin County native, who died on Oct. 4, 1944, during a World War II battle in the Netherlands and whose remains were never located, has been...

The Meadville Board of Aldermen accepted a recommendation from Mayor Lane B. Reed to name Harold Spring as the new chief for the town’s volunteer...

On Monday, March 20, the Board of Supervisors heard from representative Hal Graves of FBBInsurance in Meadville that premiums for county government...

The effort to bring Bude’s population — particularly its ward boundaries — in line with federal 2020 Census tally totals took another step forward...

A new community health and fitness venture for Franklin County residents is set to launch later this month. Lindsay Trout, in conjunction with the...

Gregory Thompson Tindle Sr., who served as Meadville’s mayor for more than two decades and who was also a fixture in the Franklin County School...

For Homochitto National Forest District Ranger Shaun Williamson, this week’s reopening of Franklin County’s Okhissa Lake couldn’t happen soon...

A grassroots effort to address unsightly, cluttered and debris-covered properties throughout Bude is coming next month, according to plans that...