Major floods swamp Franklin County

FRANKLIN COUNTY – April showers bring May floods, at least in Franklin County. Heavy rains across the region Sunday night into Monday resulted in severe flooding as rivers and streams flowed over the banks, swamping houses, stores, parks, fields, and roads.     Some areas of the county recorded anywhere from seven to eight and a half or more inches of rain accumulation during the storm, with many people reporting about five inches in twelve hours. Monday morning, area school districts announced that there may be delays on the bus routes for picking up students; by mid-morning, district administrators, inRead More