Franklin News

Kentucky women gained fame singing folk music

Winchester Sun - Fri Oct 10

Special to the Sun Kentucky has produced some 860 professional musicians, more than any state except Texas,which has some 1,100. The voices of many of Kentucky's women musicians were heard at the Bluegrass ...

Donors back candidate Williams by a landslide

State Journal - Thu Oct 09

Squire "Will" Williams has raised more than $40,000 - more than the combined total of his three opponents for district judge.

Police Describe Trail Leading to Murder Suspect

KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids - Tue Oct 07

Consider this a reason not to brag. After fleeing Kentucky, 41-year-old Randall Creek, of Bowling Green, KY, stopped at the North Liberty Library to taunt police officers looking for him nearly 500 miles away.

KY deputy accused of killing ex-girlfriend found

WFIE-TV Evansville - Tue Oct 07

A Simpson County Sheriff's Deputy accused in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend has been caught in Waterloo, Iowa.

Kentucky deputy sought in slaying captured in Iowa

Courierpress.com - Tue Oct 07

A Simpson County sheriff's deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend was captured in the Midwest.

Cumberland Falls To Host CCC Reunion

TheTimesTribune.com - Mon Sep 29

Special to the Times-Tribune Cumberland Falls State Resort Park is hosting a reunion for a group of people who left their mark on Kentucky and the rest of the country during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

State, City & Tech School Taking Applications For ZAP Plant

WKYT-TV Lexington - Sun Sep 28

Franklin Mayor Jim Brown got tired of fielding questions about when the ZAP electric car plant would start accepting applications.

City, school taking applications for ZAP plant

WAVE-TV Louisville - Sat Sep 27

Franklin Mayor Jim Brown got tired of fielding questions about when the ZAP electric car plant would start accepting applications.

Whitaker trial set to start Dec. 1

The Sentinel-Echo - Tue Sep 23

Edward Brian Whitaker, whose murder trial was delayed following the death of his attorney in July, will go to trial Dec.

KY Attorney General Speaks Out About Gas Gouging

WBKO-TV Bowling Green - Mon Sep 22

In 2005 the Kentucky Attorney General's Office issued about $60,000 in fines to a number of retailers found to be gouging gasoline after Hurricane Katrina and Rita moved through.