Eighty years ago, the Aug. 24, 1945, edition of The Tidewater News reported on the opening of the expanded Raiford Hospital.  A thirty-four-bed annex to the existing hospital was nearing completion ...

The Council Comments segment of Franklin City Council’s Monday, Aug. 25, meeting featured calls for unity, respect and group accountability among council members, though some friction persisted as the ...

Monday, Aug. 25, brought with it the first day of school in the city of Franklin as students assembled at Franklin City Public Schools to begin the 2025-26 academic year. Administrators, faculty and ...

The seventh annual FDPR/Camp25 Soccer League navigated less-than-ideal weather at times to produce an exciting season of action on the pitch at Armory Field in Franklin this summer. “Great league, ...

Franklin City Manager Rosylen Oglesby describes, in her resignation letter, a work environment in which bullying, disrespect ...

The much-anticipated official opening of Redd’s Filling Station, a fast casual restaurant located along U.S. Route 460 in ...

Spirit of Moonpie and I spent Aug. 22-24 on the Blackwater below Franklin. The water was clear, kind of stagnant, normal pool ...

The Rawls Museum Arts (RMA) community came together on Aug. 12 for the “Building Communities, Worlds of Wonders” Summer Art ...

Virginia Market News Service reported the following weekly ag trends on Friday, Aug. 22: In Virginia, state-graded feeder ...

Participants in the Summer Reading Program that took place at the Courtland branch of the Blackwater Regional Library (BRL) ...

American Legion Post 73 has orchestrated a Flag-Placement Program for decades whereby it decorates the city of Franklin with ...