New leadership, changes in format take SML Charity Home Tour off life support.

The SML Charity Home Tour has been revived. After a tumultuous 2010, when it was questioned if the annual event should continue, board members said they were taken aback by the response to last year’s tour.

YMCA’s surrender of property does not affect the SML facility at LakeWatch Plantation in Moneta.

The Franklin County YMCA has surrendered ownership of its Rocky Mount locations to the bank from which it has borrowed more than $3 million.

A deed-in-lieu of foreclosure filed in Franklin County Circuit Court, dated Dec. 22, stated that the organization was turning over its two Rocky Mount locations to CRM Mid-Atlantic Properties, an affiliate of SunTrust Banks.

Zachary Ian Parsons, 17, died at the end of class Monday, just a short drive from the high school.

Rumors swirled and the community mourned Tuesday as news spread that Franklin County High School had lost one of its own.

Zachary Ian Parsons, 17, died at the scene of a horrific collision that happened Monday shortly after the end of the school day and just a short drive from the high school.

A couple who caught some people in their home put up fliers picturing one who fled. He is now in custody.

Armed with a handgun, a neighbor detained two burglary suspects at the scene but a third man scoffed and walked away free.

He was identified later by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office as Moneta resident Kean Jule Montgomery, 28.

Smith Mountain Arts Council (SMAC) is accepting applications for two $2,000 two-year scholarships for seniors attending Franklin County High School, Gretna High School or Staunton River High School, or home-schooled seniors in those high schools’ geographic areas.

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