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Jun. 29—ROCKY MOUNT, Va. — A Mercer County man wanted in connection with a shooting Monday morning at a Franklin County, Va. store was taken into custody Monday afternoon after an extensive ...
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. [1] Its county seat is Rocky Mount. [2] Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3]
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."
A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners granted $5 million in COVID-19 funds to the Affordable Housing Trust to help emerging minority developers.
Washington County News: Abingdon: Weekly Westmoreland News: Westmoreland County: 1949 Weekly Winchester Star: Winchester: 1896 Daily Ogden Newspapers Inc. Wytheville Enterprise: Wythe County: Weekly published two times a week Yorktown Crier-Poquoson Post: Yorktown: Weekly The Zebra [21] Alexandria 2010 Daily Online The Zebra Press LLC Print ...
Virginia Beach Police Department officers Cameron Girvin, 25, and Christopher Reese, 30, were shot and killed Friday night. The suspect is also dead. Suspect fatally shot 2 Virginia officers, then ...
Stanley was elected Franklin County Republican Committee chair in 2008, and Virginia's 5th Congressional District Republican Committee chair in 2010. [2] In 2009, Stanley's home in Franklin County was shifted into the neighboring 20th District of incumbent Democrat Roscoe Reynolds. Stanley ran in the 20th and defeated Reynolds, 23975 (46.8% ...