SML becoming political hub of Franklin County JOEL TURNER Staff Writer Aug 21, 2008 Aug 21, 2008 Updated May 16, 2019 0 Staff Photo by Joel Turner: The Smith Mountain Lake Republican headquarters is in a shopping center on Scruggs Road at Westlake Corner. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save JOEL TURNER Staff Writer WESTLAKE CORNER - The political center of Franklin County has moved east from Rocky Mount to the rapidly growing area around Smith Mountain Lake.kAm%96 #6AF3=:42? 2?5 s6>@4C2E:4 A2CE:6D <?@H E92E E96 D9:7E 92D @44FCC65]k^AmkAm%96 A@=:E:42= A2CE:6D 92G6 E96:C 42>A2:8? 9625BF2CE6CD 2E (6DE=2<6 r@C?6C E9:D J62C[ ?@E :? #@4<J |@F?E[ H9:49 FD65 E@ 36 E96 =@42E:@? 7@C 42>A2:8? 9625BF2CE6CD :? uC2?<=:? r@F?EJ]k^AmkAm%96 #6AF3=:42? 9625BF2CE6CD :D :? 2 D9@AA:?8 46?E6C @? $4CF88D #@25] %96 s6>@4C2E:4 9625BF2CE6CD :D ?62C3J :? 2?@E96C D9@AA:?8 2C62]k^Am kAm%96 A@=:E:42= A2CE:6D 92G6 E2<6? 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State bar suspends Rocky Mount mayor Holland Perdue's law license Perdue was accused of misconduct that included making false statements in a court document.
Franklin County man gets 46 years for Gretna murder of high school coach A 52-year-old man from Rocky Mount was sentenced last week in the July 27 shooting of a Franklin County High School basketball coach in Gretna.
3 degrees in 4 years: Ferrum grad makes the most of her time in college What sets Hannah Wray apart among the graduates walking the stage this Saturday at Ferrum College? Her three bachelor's degrees in four years.
Franklin County leaned overwhelmingly against redistricting as vote passed statewide Virginia's redistricting referendum was approved by a narrow margin on Tuesday with 51.45% of the commonwealth's voters in favor of the rare m…
Products at 3 Rocky Mount vape shops seized for possibly illegal THC amounts Rocky Mount police executed search warrants at three vape shops on Thursday for potentially selling products exceeding legal THC limits.
