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Local man achieves rare golf feat, again

Buck Bryant, 75, of Franklin, shot his age for the third time at the Cypress Cove Country Club on Thursday. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Saturday, August 8, 2015 12:01 pm

Franklin

Chappell joins Tidewater News staff

Rebecca Chappell a 2015 graduate of Longwood University, has joined The Tidewater News as a staff writer. She will be covering the city of Franklin. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Friday, August 7, 2015 10:05 am

Franklin

Franklin City Council adopts rehabilitation program design

Members of the Franklin City Council approved the program design for the Madison Street Revitalization project last Monday. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, August 5, 2015 9:16 am

Columnists

The best of both worlds

“What’s it like having two lives?” That was the first of many questions my 13-year-old cousin Jamey asked me when I came home for fall ... Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, August 5, 2015 9:08 am

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Rawls Museum Arts opens new exhibition

The Rawls Museum Arts launched a new gallery exhibition on July 21, featuring paintings by J.M. Henry and sculpture by Jayson Lowery. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Saturday, August 1, 2015 12:00 pm

News

Summer reading program hosts grand finale

The Walter Cecil Rawls Branch of the Blackwater Regional Library celebrated the end of its annual summer reading program on Wednesday. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Friday, July 31, 2015 9:31 am

Agribusiness

National FFA Scholarship awarded to local student

Thomas Fox, a rising junior at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and lifelong resident of Capron, has been awarded the America’s Farmers Grow Ag ... Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:08 am

Columnists

Profiting off tragedies

Today’s news media love to inundate their viewers and readers with stories of the various murders, robberies and other crimes perpetrated in our nation every ... Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 10:05 am

Franklin

King reappointed to chair

Edna King and Andrea Hall-Leonard were voted in as the chair and vice chair of the Franklin City Public Schools Board, respectively, for the upcoming ... Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:48 am

News

Powwow attracts large audience

The 17th Annual Cheroenhaka Indian Inter-tribal “Corn Dance” Powwow brought approximately 1,000 visitors to Courtland on Saturday. Read more

by Walter Francis Jr., Wednesday, July 29, 2015 9:36 am

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