New Franklin County Courthouse making progress Unmute BENTON (WSIL) -- Construction for the new Franklin County Courthouse is well underway despite our recent wintry weather. "Right now the construction on the court house is going very well. We had a great January. We got a lot done in January so we were a little ahead of schedule there," says Franklin County Board Member, Kevin Weston. Weston says while the weather has been active the past couple of weeks the winter season as a whole has been good for construction. "February being as cold as it's been and with the snow it's set us a little bit behind on the one wall here. That is the northeast wall and then we're also going up the south bearing wall with is slowed down a little bit as far as the masonry goes."