The 2025 City of Franklin Fall Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. in Downtown Franklin along North Main Street. Put on by the Franklin Department of Parks and Recreation, the ...

Sisters Sandy and Debbie Vasko sat at the intersection of South Main and Central Streets in Franklin and waved ...

Update: Canarii Gore has been located, according to the City of Franklin Police Department. FRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) — The City of Franklin Police Department is searching for a missing 15-year-old girl.

FRANKLIN, Va — Nearly 25 years ago Hurricane Floyd brought major rainfall to Hampton Roads including in the City of Franklin. Combined with a recent storm flooding, back in September of 1999, the ...

FRANKLIN, Va. (WAVY) — The city of Franklin remains in recovery mode following the Blackwater River flood of 1999 that destroyed 100 homes and 182 businesses. A storm of another kind hit in 2009 when ...

FRANKLIN, Va. — Twenty-five years ago, a devastating flood swallowed the city of Franklin. You'll see a reminder of how high the water got on a marker outside of Fred's restaurant, which is considered ...

Tashwanda Drayton, the woman accused of killing a 10-year-old boy in a double shooting in Franklin in 2023, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, among other charges Tuesday.

The shooting happened in the 1300 block of Mariner Street shortly before 3 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a woman, ...