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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.
Franklin County man sentenced in fatal Henry County crash A Franklin County man was sentenced to three active years in prison in connection with a 2024 crash that killed a Martinsville man and serious…
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.
