Franklin Police ask for compliance, and will cite those in violation Franklin, TN – The operation of golf carts on City streets is illegal. In the wake of two recent area golf cart crashes involving teens, Franklin Police remind residents of the law intended to keep them safe. Franklin Police…

WASHINGTON – Congressman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7) issued the following statement on House passage of H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. "This legislation will ensure that the brave men and women within every branch of the Armed Forces have the tools they need to effectively fight…

Tennessee state legislators should spend more time on the economy and less on issues like how sex should be taught in schools or expanding the rights of gun owners, citizens of the state overwhelmingly told the Vanderbilt Poll. State legislators adjourned the 107th General Assembly on May 1. The session…

Franklin, TN – On the evening of Friday, 05/18/2012, the Franklin Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint at McEwen Drive and Carothers Parkway. Last year, the Governor’s Highway Safety Office awarded the Department with a $50,000 grant to use for anti-DUI initiatives including DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols, training, and…

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development Karla Davis announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for April fell to 7.8 percent, down from the March revised rate of 7.9 percent. The national unemployment rate for April 2012 was 8.1 percent, 0.1 percentage point lower than the March rate. “While…