Category: News

This a reminder that the Canon Fire Department will hold a Touch A Truck Contest on Saturday at 42 Brown St. in Canon across from Canon City Hall. The competitor who holds his or her hand on the fire truck for the longest time without breaching the rules will win a $1,000 prize. The event will also feature T-shirts for […]

Franklin County’s annual Memorial Day Ceremony will be held May 29 at 9 a.m. at the Memorial Plaza at the Franklin County Courthouse. The annual event includes the reading of the names of local heroes who have died in our country’s wars and public safety workers who have died in the line of duty. The National Anthem and Taps will […]

Saturday is the US Postal Service’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive. Sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers, the annual event collects non-perishable food for local food banks. The food drive is a way for customers to help people in their own community. People can donate a bag of non-perishable food items and leave it by their mailbox Saturday […]

Franklin County High School has a new Principal. At Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Melanie Burton-Brown welcomed Matt Stowers as the new high school principal. “I’d like to new Franklin County High School Mr. Matt Stowers. Mr. Stowers comes to us from Hall County with 10 years of leadership experience including CTAE Director, Athletic Director, and Assistant Principal. So […]

In Hart County, the family of a man who was struck and killed along a roadway last November is now offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible. Hart County Sheriff Mike Cleveland tells WLHR News, the body of Dephonso Heard was found on Highway 172/the Bowman Highway around midnight November 1, 2022, between Valley […]