The 2008 Relay For Life committee of Franklin County received a regional award for the highest per capita contribution. The local event was the top High Plains Division / East Texas Region fund raiser for communities under 15,000 population.


The 2008 Relay For Life committee of Franklin County received a regional award for the highest per capita contribution. The local event was the top High Plains Division / East Texas Region fund raiser for communities under 15,000 population.
Velvin “Tooster” Bolin is believed to be the last Franklin County native to survive World War II as a prisoner of war.
A steady flow of Franklin County citizens visited the early voting polls during from Monday, Oct. 20 through Friday, Oct. 31. Watch this web site for box by box election results on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Pete Dyer of the Hagansport Community checks out one of the recently installed Wood Duck boxes near a pond on the McFarland property off FM 71W.
The Franklin County Arts Alliance recently installed 24 engraved pavers in their courtyard at the corner Dallas and Rusk St.
Cullen Hawkins, technician with Carter Blood Care in Longview, takes a minute to pose with Mount Vernon High School students Maria Kuhl and Kaitlyn Reeves as they donate blood as a part of the blood drive sponsored by the Mount Vernon High School Student Council.