The Franklin Chamber of Commerce invites everyone to celebrate the season at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, as the 2003 Christmas Parade takes to the streets of Franklin. This is a new day and time for the event which has been held on the Friday after Thanksgiving in recent years.

An old fashion Christmas will descend upon the historic town of Franklin from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays, Dec. 5 and 12.

J. C. Jacobs just celebrated his 85th birthday with many longtime friends, neighbors and customers...

As winter approaches, the days are not only getting shorter, they’re getting colder, too. And that means North Carolinians are cranking up furnaces, fireplaces and space heaters to help take the chill off.

LACY WALDROOP SIGNS with Catawba College for a softball scholarship. Lacy, second from right, seated, was described ...

Swim meet schedule and identifications.

was the theme of the FHS B-Naturals musical presentation at Franklin High School Nov. 21 and 22. In photo at top, soloist Brent Ledford, performs “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” ...

CULLOWHEE – A new 30-minute program about the preservation of mountain culture will be broadcast on the state’s public television network in December.