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Franklin Mayor Fred L. Paris will give the 2011 State of the City Address at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Historic Artcraft Theatre.

U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar Saturday visited with Franklin College students, focusing on foreign relations in China and federal budget discussions in Congress.

Franklin’s wellness campaign is part of a city-wide initiative to improve the health of local community members. The program sponsors are Franklin Community Schools, Franklin Mayor Fred Paris and Johnson Memorial Hospital as well as Franklin College.

Franklin opened up the fall athletic season on the newly renovated Elba L. and Gene Portteus Branigin Athletic Field against the Golden Eagles of Spalding University. The women defeated the Golden Eagles 2-1, while the men ended in a 3-3 tie.

Kira Bryant is running a full-service Christian book store that started from selling greeting cards, stationery and artwork at a different location.

Senior Steve Dickerson submits his final farewell to the Franklin College community.

The Lúcuma Cafe is a local restaurant that serves a combination of Mexican and Peruvian dishes.

Franklin could play host to a week-long celebration, which could potentially start with the upcoming Corey Smith concert.

Local musician Bryan Hodge will play at Franklin's Jefferson Street Pub.

Our position: Voluntary Baptist affiliation should be minimized to public.

This Friday the women's basketball team will travel to Bloomington, Ill., to face Illinois Wesleyan in the opening round of the NCAA Division III tournament.

The Ravens beat the Grizzlies, 80-58.

The Franklin staff makes its picks for Week 15 in the NFL.

The Franklin staff members make their picks for NFL games in Week 14.

There has been an increasing number of art programs popping up around campus, and it’s something that should be embraced.

The Grizzlies begin their season Monday ane their home opener is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.

Franklin football lost it's second HCAC game, shot at title.

The Franklin football team lost its second consecutive HCAC game, and even a shot at the conference title.

Learn more about freshman phenom, Mitch Simmons.

The Grizzlies take on Rose-Hulman Saturday.

FC soccer grabbed a win over Mount Wednesday and closes out the season Saturday.

The men's and women's cross country teams finished sixth and fourth, respectively, in the Wilmingtion Fall Classic.

The women's cross country finished sixth in the Gibson Family Invitational.

Read more about four-year senior soccer player, Rocky Legge.

The Grizzlies knocked off Manchester in five games, 3-2.

Heather Waterman and Natalie Daugherty each earned HCAC Player of the Week this week.

Women's golf finished first at the Franklin College Fall Invitational on Sunday.

Football destroys Defiance, 41-14.

Speech professor Steve Comiskey’s daughter, Kate, died five years ago in a car accident caused by an intoxicated driver. Her death inspired a scholarship and a memorial fund that provides money for school-age children who need an extra hand.

Evan writes about how students on Franklin's campus do not care about the campus.

The men's cross country team finishes first, while the women finish second in home meet.

HCAC polls released for men's and women's soccer have Franklin finishing in the bottom half of the standings.

HCAC coaches Thursday selected Franklin to finish last in the conference this upcoming season.

Franklin College wins the Commissioner's Cup for 2009.

The Indianapolis Colts announced Friday a mini-camp game will be played June 6 at Franklin College

From Hitter of the Week to Track and Field Athlete of the Week, Franklin athletes are being honored.

The Indianapolis Opera Ensemble came to the Richardson Chapel to honor a Franklin College contribution group last Thursday.

Franklin College needs to add more strict requirements for foreign languages and add a wider variety to choose from.

After losing 56 students at semester break, the Franklin administration is taking steps to avoid losing more students.

Franklin knocked off Mount St. Joseph's 84-71

Franklin beat Bluffton 92-81 to top HCAC

Franklin defeats Anderson University 75-63 and stands at .500.

Senior quarterback Chad Rupp throws for 527 yards and seven touchdowns on the way to Franklin's 62-45 postseason win over Otterbein College.

Franklin College prepares to celebrate its 175th anniversary, which will take place at the beginning of next school year.

In an effort to tighten the budget, all hourly staff workers will be paid every two weeks instead of weekly.

15 Grizzlies were named to the All-Conference team on Wednesday. Along with that, Franklin won three of the top five highest honors: Offensive MVP, Defensive MVP and Coach of the Year.

The Grizzlies lost to Trine to fall to 0-2 on the season.

The football squad beat Manchester, assuring its second consecutive conference title.

Though Indiana just helped elect a black man as president, both the town of Franklin and the college is not far removed from a dark history of racism and inequality.

The remaining two undefeated HCAC teams will face off this weekend. The winner of the game will more than likely clinch the conference title, along with the automatic bid to the Division III national tournament.

Last year, the college made a strong push for a campus-wide smoking ban. Since then the ban has not passed and no further action has been taken toward implementing it.

Rupp's record-breaking efforts led the Grizzlies to victory over the Lions of Mount St. Joseph on Saturday.

Former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh spoke in the Henderson Conference Room. While the former Indiana lawmaker, and father to current U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, threw his support toward Sen. Barack Obama, he also challenged the audience of 40 to vote, no matter which candidate they believed in.

The theater department’s first production of the year “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” continues through the weekend. The Franklin spoke with two of the performers during the last week of rehearsals about their preparation to perform one of William Shakespeare’s romantic comedies.

Since Katie Tewell, who was voted the nation's best Division III golfer, graduated, the women's golf team has still managed to find success on the links.

Franklin recently allowed indoor track to be made into an official intercollegiate sport, effective this year.

While the set was productive and laughs a plenty, some opening-night mishaps mired Wednesday night’s performance.

During fall break, the Indiana High School Press Association, located on Franklin's campus, will play host to 550 students for it's annual convention. This year's title for the two-day gathering is "The Convergention," which tackles how to use new technology in the changing media world.

Ed Beardsley plans to come to campus later this month as former president Franklin D. Roosevelt later this month. A retired American history professor, Beardsley has preformed all around the United States and Canada as various figures in American history.

After losing to Defiance 3-0, the women's soccer team has lost nine straight without scoring a goal.

Shanty Village is Friday night, and Up 'til Dawn is next month. The events are among Franklin's most popular, and shine a spotlight on somber issues.

The Kohl's in Franklin opened on the first day of October, and Franklin students are looking forward to shopping there.

Franklin football, plagued by turnovers, suffers its first loss at the hands of the Trine University Thunder.

The women's golf team showed a lot of improvement in its first match of the season against many conference foes.

City officials are considering buying properties and razing as many as 60 flood-damaged homes to create an open area, possibly a park, in Franklin's flood plain.