Boones Mill, Virginia

When Native Americans wanted a coat to brave the winter cold, they couldn't go to a shopping center to buy one.

Brenda Allen shops for a turkey at Sav-A-Lot in Roanoke on Sunday afternoon. Allen, mindful of the economic situation, was one of many shoppers looking for bargains on Thanksgiving staples.

When it comes to recreation in Franklin County, residents' interests are growing, according to a recent survey conducted by its parks and recreation department.

On Nov. 4, Stephanie Hudson learned that her son Ben, a third-grader, will be attending Burnt Chimney Elementary School next year.

Public input sought at community meetings Staff Photo by K.A. Wagoner: Scott Martin, director of commerce and leisure services, reads through recreation surveys.

The congregation of Heritage Baptist Church had already endured a shocking revelation after learning two months ago that their assistant pastor had been charged by Vinton police with sexually assaulting a ...

A Boones Mill man was indicted Monday by a Franklin County grand jury on a total of 24 counts of sexually abusing two girls -- one age 15 and the other under the age of 13.

A Franklin County grand jury has indicted a Boones Mill man on 22 counts of object sexual penetration and two counts of sodomy connected to allegations that he sexually molested three young children.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Department conducted a drug sweep Thursday morning, arresting 14 people who were indicted by a grand jury on Oct.

Adrenaline rushes just a little faster for most of us this time of the year. The stairs creak just a little longer.

BOONES MILLi3 4 - The Boones Mill Elementary School recently registered students for a mock presidential election.

Superintendent Charles Lackey and other top school administrators in Franklin County read to students in the county's elementary schools Thursday as part of a a national campaign to bring attention to the ...

Elmo, Curious George, Arthur, Clifford, Mr. McFeely and friends come for activities including storytelling, live music, a children's play zone with a moonwalk and giant inflatable slide, face painting, hands-on ...

The first annual Franklin Street Festival on the Crooked Road is set for Saturday in downtown Rocky Mount.

Fall arrived this week, and one sign of the change in seasons is the return of large roll-off dumpsters at green box sites throughout Franklin County to help residents with fall cleaning.

Local performers revel with larger-than-life puppets at Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden's Harvest Spectacle in Lexington on Saturday.

September 19, 2008 Boones Mill native receives impressive reviews from The New York Times Lots of laughter and applause for a local actor who's starring on Broadway.

Photo by Wayne Scank: Mac and Inglath Cooper, along with their four daughters, turned the first shovels of dirt Thursday morning for the Franklin County Humane Society s no-kill animal adoption center.

Members of the Boones Mill Lions Club have lined up a full day of fun and entertainment for the 31st annual Apple Festival to be held Saturday, Sept.