by Becca Roberts | Nov 13, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
EMMA SMITH thought it was just another day of horseback riding as her parents drove the familiar roads toward the training barn. They were hauling a trailer and going to visit Dropback, the horse that they had been leasing for a couple of years, for a riding lesson....
by Becca Roberts | Oct 9, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
THE MOORE-CORTNER Funeral Home, adorned with Greek Revival columns and antique brick walls, has been in Jim Cortner’s family for nearly six decades. Jim and his father, Bob Cortner, currently own this piece of Franklin County history. “This is a beautiful building. If...
by Amanda E. West | Sep 11, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
FOR THE last 17 years, Tristan Eicher has looked up to his dad, Norman, who owns Mountain View on David Crockett Highway in Belvidere. Though the business has expanded to seven locations in Tennessee and North Alabama, when it comes to teaching his sons, Norman is...
by Sara Hook | Aug 7, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
ROLLING GREEN fields, beautiful skies, rustling trees, and the crack of club on ball are the staples of the golf course. For Franklin County High School senior Garrett Patterson, those are sights and sounds that mean hard work, focus, and hours playing the game he...
by Jeriah Brumfield | Jul 10, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
In the early 1950s, the Pacific Ocean swelled beneath the might of the USS Midway, the largest ship in the world at the time. With over 5,000 crew members on board, the ship felt like a small city. Planes soared overhead, boots clanged on the metal decks, and young...
by Becca Roberts | Jun 12, 2025 | Cover, Franklin County
STUDENTS AT East Middle School in Tullahoma grin when they see Pastor Lee Brannon III in the halls. Brannon is East Middle School’s beloved school counselor. He is the pastor of Burning Bush Original Church of God in Belvidere, where he has served for 24 years with...
