The 2020 Washington Parish Fair has been cancelled due to Coronavirus.
In 108 years, the Fair has previously only been cancelled four times: Once in 1918 for the Spanish Flu epidemic, and three times during WWII.
Governor John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday that his order mandating face masks has been extended until at least August 28.
Louisiana hasn’t advance far enough in its fight against Coronavirus and so it must remain in Phase 2, the governor said.
In an unusual turn of circumstances, a Franklinton man was pursued and apprehended by a citizen after fleeing a hit and run accident on Tuesday, July 28.
With Franklinton Mayor Richard Dillon not seeking re-election on November 3, two candidates have filed to replace him.
Alderman John L. Daniel and former parish councilman Greg Route are the two candidates for mayor. Route is also a former Franklinton alderman.
District Attorney Warren Montgomery reports that a Washington Parish grand jury indicted Marilyn G. Bateman, 77, of Bogalusa, Tuesday (July 21) on a charge of theft over $25,000.
The starting date for Washington Parish schools has been pushed back from the original August 7 date.
The school board decided Thursday evening that schools will now start on Monday, August 17. Teachers will report on August 10.
After her arrest by the Bogalusa Police Department for driving while intoxicated, 35 year old Lesley Christa Johnson, a resident of C. Corkern Road near Franklinton, was found to be in possession of illegal drugs when she was booked into the Washington Parish Jail.
The Washington Parish jury has indicted Jo’Andre Dawson, age 21, on Tuesday for) second degree murder and obstruction of justice.
On June 3, 2020, the Franklinton Police Department responded to an aggravated arson at a residence on Bene Street.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen held their regularly scheduled meeting last Tuesday in the Chambers of Franklinton Town Hall.
The Town's CPA, Minda B. Raybourn, presented the 2019 audit report. Income sources for all departments totaled $8,130,564 with expenditures of $6,554,120 for a change in net position of $1,576,444.
