COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT

Hi folks, Does the name Sen. Dudley J. LeBlanc ring a bell with any reader of Homefolks U.S.A.? Probably not. Although during his time in office in Lo...

July is a busy month for us here because we release not one but two special publications during this month. In addition to Franklin Living, which came...

It’s been right at one year since this spot on our opinion page served as a platform to share about my lack of hobbies. As I said then, some of the be...

You know what they say about one man’s trash being another man’s treasure? The person who coined that phrase was probably at a yard sale. Yard sales a...

In our online poll this week, we asked readers whether they will be spending time on Bear Creek Lakes this summer. The results were mixed, but several...

Hi folks, All of us look at Memorial Day as the first holiday of the summer season, and this is true – but it really means so much more. This year I h...

As someone who has been enthralled by the arts from a young age and who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, I can attest to the importance of the field....

Hi folks, This past Sunday was Mother’s Day. A lady whose name was Anna Jarvis worked so hard for this to become a great memorial in honor of all moth...

The paper (newsprint) used to print the Franklin County Times you hold in your hands cost 10 percent more than it did just a few weeks ago – and is li...

At the time you are reading this, I am somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, counting down the minutes until I land in New Zealand. At the time I am writi...