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Franklin Volunteer Fire Chief Travis Aaron who has been at the front of the tornado disaster from the very first moments, uses 30 gallons of diesel fuel to get the blaze started. The fuel, in a 5 gal. Bucket was hand thrown on the blaze.

VFD burns debris from April 13 Tornado
It will take several days to see the very large brush pile that was collected from the devastation of the April 13 Franklin tornado cleared. On Monday Franklin Fire Chief along with FVFD officer Quirt Brantner and Kevin Gassen set ablaze the pile...

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SouthStar Bank’s Justin Salcadio along with employees from the Franklin Branch, Mayor Molly Hedrick and Chamber President Justin Kleiber with a very large check.

Community support on display
It was an overwhelming sight when Franklin Mayor Molly Hedrick turned over the check to reveal the amount of money raised for the Franklin Tornado Relief Fund. More than $90,000.00 donated by local residents, businesses and parts unknown. The...

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Dr. Al Campbell, Sara Davis, Norma Labuda, Sandra Hoegemeyer, Jim Steakley, Kenny Reinhardt, Monica Stem, Debbie Liere, Virginia Akins, Shel Winkley, Frances Steakley, Linda Braswell had a wonderful time with the meeting and found it very interesting.

RCRT’s May meeting was informational
Robertson County Retired Teachers were fortunate to have KBTX-TV Chief Meteorologist Shel Winkley as a special guest for May’s meeting which took place Monday, May 6. He gave a fascinating presentation, using photos, videos, and KBTX film clips to...

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Franklin Volunteer Fire Chief Travis Aaron who has been at the front of the tornado disaster from the very first moments, uses 30 gallons of diesel fuel to get the blaze started. The fuel, in a 5 gal. Bucket was hand thrown on the blaze.

VFD burns debris from April 13 Tornado

It will take several days to see the very large brush pile that was collected from the devastation of the April 13 Franklin tornado cleared.

By Dennis Phillips

And the race winner is…

Saturday morning the start of the annual Scott Burgess Memorial 5k got underway at 8:00 a.m. with more registrants than in previous years.

By Dennis Phillips

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Franklin Police Officer Steven Barber with Klaus outside the police station.

FPD adds new K-9 officer

Not just one, but now two drug dogs will patrol the streets of Franklin; introducing Klaus, a one year old certified German Sheppard who has already had two assists and been working since early las

By Dennis Phillips

Columns & Opinions

I’m really over the weather

Take a few months of your life and plan an event, a big event, with lots of moving parts and people.

By Dennis Phillips

Franklin Lions are Making Noise

They had some stretches of great play and others where they seem to forget their focus but when they needed it most the Franklin Lions baseball team found their mojo and as a result find themselves

By Michael Cotton

Community, it’s where it is at

I love watching a community come together, and with our communities I get to see it all the time.

By Dennis Phillips

Sports

They will all be Missed

Franklin Lady Lions Girls Athletics

By Michael Cotton

Fighting til the End

Franklin Lions Baseball Regional Quarterfinals

By Michael Cotton

Swinging a Big Stick

In baseball they always say you win with pitching and defense but I’m here to tell you it takes a little more than that to win a game.

By Michael Cotton

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