by Becca Roberts | Nov 13, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
THE SUN sets over Isla Medina’s cattle farm, where she is still outside feeding the cows and finishing up her evening work. She’s been awake since the early morning hours, cleaning stalls, feeding animals, and preparing for the long day ahead. This might seem like a...
by Guest Writer | Nov 13, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
Content courtesy of Emily Holland, executive director of Animal Harbor IT WASN’T until later in life that Skip Nielsen and his wife, Helga, felt the rescue bug bite hard. In 2021, they made a simple yet life-changing decision: adopting their first rescue pup, Molly....
by Guest Writer | Nov 1, 2025 | Franklin County, Sponsored, Stories
The scent of pine and river mist was the first thing they noticed. The old log cabin, tucked beside a rushing river, felt like a secret their little clan had finally discovered. For two days, their phones were forgotten, replaced by the simple, enduring magic of the...
by Wesley Bryant | Oct 9, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
THE CREAK of an old wooden floor, the worn edges of a brick building, the way a nameplate on a storefront shines a little softer with age. These are not just small details from the past. They are reminders that our hometown carries stories in every step and every...
by Becca Roberts | Oct 9, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
IT WAS 1862 when the typically quiet town of Winchester faced an unwelcome disruption. Embroiled in the Civil War, Union soldiers came to occupy the town, and though they would not take innocent lives, the troops thoroughly ransacked the Franklin County Courthouse,...
by Becca Roberts | Oct 9, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
SUNLIGHT TOUCHES the valley as far as the eye can see from atop the Cumberland Plateau. Sister (Sr.) Hannah, Community of St. Mary, takes breakfast with her Sisters at the Community of St. Mary Southern Province in Sewanee, enjoying the view through the...
