Danee is the daughter of Benjamin and Tamee Railey from Wakefield, Virginia. She is a rising junior at Southampton Academy, ...

Charleigh Crawford is the daughter of Chris and Casey Drake. She has an older brother, Carter, who serves the country as a ...

Madison Burgess is the daughter of Nikki and David Grizzard. This is Madison’s first-ever pageant as it has always been a ...

This year’s Premium Book Cover was designed by Emily Cuthbertson. She is 15 years old and a freshmen at Southampton Academy.

The Franklin‑Southampton County Fair will feature The Fearless Flores Thrill Show, a nationally recognized stunt and ...

Southampton County Fair returns Aug. 6–9 at the county fairgrounds in Courtland, featuring daily Hoffman Beverage Main Stage ...

The Franklin-Southampton County Fair was founded in 1981, born from a grassroots effort to revive local agricultural ...

A special called meeting of the Franklin City Council on Monday, Aug. 4, revealed that the city will be in need of a new city ...

Franklin City Manager Rosylen Oglesby made a presentation that reflected her review of the school division’s fiscal year 2025 ...

The Windsor Planning Commission voted 6-0 on Wednesday, July 23, to advertise a public hearing concerning the rezoning of ...

On behalf of the Franklin-Southampton County Fair Board of Directors and our many volunteers I would like to invite you to ...

What a year it has been. A year ago I would have never expected to be writing my farewell speech as the 2024 Teen Miss ...