Opinion

The July 4th holiday is coming up this weekend. It is time to think about fireworks and backyard barbeques, parades and gathering of family. We honor ...

I will never forget the day God steered me toward The Franklin County Times. I answered an old ad, but it must have been divine intervention because i...

Think with me for a moment about the bridal section of the newspaper. Typically, there is an engagement announcement along with a picture of a happy, ...

Places like the Franklin County Archives exist to showcase the history of the county. With many historical photographs and documents, the Archives chr...

My wife and I are now getting to the point to where the apartment walls are closing in on us, and the idea of owning our own place is constant in our ...

There was once a couple — Lilly and Charles Thompson — who had been married for 60 years and said they had never been apart in all of their years of m...

Now that summer is officially here, you may be looking forward to vacations, barbecues, ballgames and other events of the season. But even while you’r...

One of the biggest concerns for parents during the past couple of years is the funding lost for schools through proration and how the loss of that mon...

I do, however, have a problem with the waiting rooms at the doctor’s office. The rooms are poorly thought out considering they are stuffed full of sic...

By the calendar, the first official day of summer was last weekend. The longest day of the year is June 21, and it marks the beginning of the summer s...