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After years of a bitterly split Franklin County Commission, one member is resigning at the end of the year. Commissioner Brad Peck, 64, who was first elected in 2009, will resign from his District ...
The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 resulted in the indictment of 80 people involved in the illegal production and distribution of moonshine whisky in Virginia. At the time, Franklin County was believed to produce the highest volume of illegal liquor in the U.S., colloquially referred to as "the moonshine capital of the world."
An "In Contract" sign in front of a home in Bexley on Tuesday. Home values in Franklin County rose 41% on average this year, leading to many questions about upcoming property tax bills.
Franklin County is the setting for Matt Bondurant's historical novel, The Wettest County in the World (2008) set in the Prohibition era, featuring his grandfather and two great-uncles among the bootleggers. Franklin County is featured in the film Lawless (2012), adapted from the novel in a screenplay by Nick Cave. It is directed by John Hillcoat.
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The Washington Missourian is the Franklin County newspaper based in Washington, Missouri.The paper is owned by Missourian Publishing Company, a family-owned company.James L. Miller, Sr. purchased the paper in 1937.
Franklin County is the name of 24 counties and one parish in the United States, almost all named after Benjamin Franklin: Franklin County, Alabama;
The Greenfield Recorder is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Saturday mornings in Greenfield, Massachusetts, covering all of Franklin County, Massachusetts. It is owned by Newspapers of New England, which also owns its neighbor to the south, the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton, Massachusetts.