If it is Labor Day in Franklin, it is time for the annual Franklin Classic, benefiting Mercy Children's Clinic.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. A Franklin woman was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in prison without probation for aggravated arson.

HERE'S something for fans of Paramore. The American rock band will be in town next month.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody G. Watson, 21, of Oxford, Ala., who died Dec. 6, 2006, in Iraq, was depicted in this painting from Hero Portraits, a Franklin, Tenn.-based organization that honors fallen servicemen, firefighters and law enforcement officers by giving a painted portrait to their families.

Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen announced today that the state would offer a $2,500 tax rebate to buyers of the first 1,000 electric vehicles sold in the state.