by Becca Roberts | Nov 13, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
THE WAITING room at Winchester Primary Care is packed with patients preparing for a visit with Dr. Kou-Wei Chiu. Patients fidget in their chairs as the nurses call them back as quickly as they can, but impatience melts away completely as Peaches, the clinic’s 98-pound...
by Becca Roberts | Nov 13, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
THE EARLY morning hours engulf Estill Springs in a dark silence, but at Lakeside Veterinary Clinic, Samantha Szelich is awake and focused, preparing for a 2 a.m. transport. Forty rescued dogs, alert and fidgeting, are loaded onto a truck where volunteers will drive...
by Becca Roberts | Oct 9, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
MARVIN BISHOP was hired at the Winchester Utility System 50 years ago, and at the time, it was a radically different job. The crew did not have trench boxes, automated meters, or GPS systems. Workers relied on experience, work ethic, basic tools, and willingness to...
by Hannah Bradley | Oct 9, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
WITH A passion for service and a love for community, the Franklin County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) serves as a meaningful reminder to the enduring power of heritage, education, and patriotic service. Among its devoted members are Regent...
by Becca Roberts | Sep 11, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
WALTON “BUD” Duckworth and Jesse Leon Williams were riding down the road, going raccoon hunting, a pastime they enjoyed together regularly. But this particular hunting expedition in 1967 would change both of their lives in a big way — the night Bud asked Leon to go...
by Haley Potter | Sep 11, 2025 | Feature, Franklin County
IN 1954, just 6 miles from Winchester in the small town of Cowan, Tennessee, a husband-and-wife team took a giant leap of faith, one they could never have imagined would make a lasting impact over 70 years later. With determination and a desire to serve their...
