by Becca Roberts | Sep 11, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
RUSSELL BARNETT built his automotive business the same way he raised his family: with integrity, faith, and an unfailing commitment to putting people first. When his father, Albert Barnett, started his car business back in 1939, he could not have known just how deeply...
by Shannon Beebe | Sep 11, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
GOOD NEWS IS COMING TO DINNER! We will feature a local food critic’s thoughts as they dine in Franklin County. This month, Shannon Beebe visited Skip’s Grill. TONIGHT, I stopped at Skip’s Grill, just a little south of the Winchester square, and let me tell you — this...
by Shannon Beebe | Aug 7, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
GOOD NEWS IS COMING TO DINNER! We will feature a local food critic’s thoughts as they dine in Franklin County. This month, Shannon Beebe visited M. Sweets Bakery and Cafe. JUST OVER the train tracks in the heart of downtown Decherd on Main Street, M. Sweets Bakery and...
by Wesley Bryant | Aug 7, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
THE SCENT of warm butter-covered popcorn and the huge roar of the crowd… does anything bring you back faster than a Friday night under the stadium lights? For me, it’s a flood of memories: the nervous jitters before kickoff, the eruption of cheers after a touchdown,...
by Sara Hook | Aug 7, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
“AGE IS just a number,” the old saying goes — and the ladies of the Tennessee Stealers and Tennessee Dinos prove it weekly at basketball practice and annually in Senior Olympics competitions across Tennessee and the United States. The teams first came together in...
by Becca Roberts | Aug 7, 2025 | Franklin County, Stories
IT WAS another Friday night under the bright stadium lights for Franklin County High School varsity football player Dawson Sowers, who was in his senior year. The tension on the field was palpable, but Sowers had been under this pressure before, and he knew what he...
