The Simpson County Fiscal Court meeting last week addressed both the Franklin-Simpson Fire Department’s recent response to a significant fire and the department’s need for new self-contained breathing ...

Lady Cats’ Naja Nolan (right) forced Trojanettes’ Shelby Byrd (left) to give up the basketball at Barren County High School during their 4th Region game last Tuesday.

Kentucky’s new medical marijuana law has raised questions about gun ownership for those with a medical marijuana card.

Elizabeth Suzian Cunningham (Landreth), 54, of Franklin, Ky., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 02, 2025, at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Unemployment rates rose in all 120 Kentucky counties between December 2023 and December 2024, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics.

The Logan County Cougars indoor track season has officially gotten underway as they opened their season at Mason County last month. Following their Mason County track meet, they competed at ...

Simpson County Judge-Executive Mason Barnes has been found to have violated two sections of the Simpson County ethics ordinance by voting on a zone change related to a house built ...

My mom and I had been at it for the better part of the afternoon. By it, I mean going through several trunks she had inherited when my grandmother passed away years ago. The purpose of our search was ...

The Franklin-Simpson Wildcats Dance Team is excited to “hit the floor” at DTU (Dance Team Union) nationals competition this week at Universal. For the first time in the program’s history, the Dance ...

Franklin’s Public Works Director Trent Coffee (right), introduced new City of Franklin employees Zach Law (left) and Bronson ...

The Simpson County chapter of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library will hold its first annual 5K run/walk on March 8 at The Barn at Bethel Grove in Franklin. The Dolly-themed event ...

Franklin Police responded to a non-injury traffic collision on Jan. 23 at the Sudden Service gas station after a vehicle was struck by another vehicle in the right front fender and bumper. The ...