Press photo/Mia Overton - A black-ribboned wreath hangs in the Franklin Town Council board room in memory of former council member Joyce Handley, who passed away Nov. 1. Mayor Jack Horton started the ...

The Franklin tree is extinct in the wild. All living trees are cultivated from descendants of specimens collected by William ...

The Macon County Board of Education held a joint meeting with the Board of Commissioners last week to discuss how the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture posted a notice to its website saying it would not draw on contingency funds to extend ...

The state school superintendent joined Macon County commissioners, school board members, school staff and N.C. Sen. Kevin Corbin for a tour of classrooms and campuses in Macon County. ...

A historic year is at an end for Panther volleyball. After defeating West Henderson in the Mountain Eight Tournament Final, on the week of Oct. 20 the team dove into the state playo ...

Photo/Franklin Police Department - A Georgia woman driving a U-Haul led police on a chase through Macon County and into Mountain City, Georgia, on Saturday. According to FPD, the incident began when ...

Pawsitive Shelter Volunteers, a Franklin nonprofit, has proposed to take over the management of the Macon County Animal Shelter from the Health Department through a contract with the county. ...

Another conference meet is in the books for Panther cross country. On Tuesday, Oct. 14, the team traveled to Jackson Park in Hendersonville for the Mountain Eight Championship meet. With ...

A new roof is coming to the old terminal building at the Macon County Airport, a step closer to finishing a refurbishment project and creating a new meeting space complete with a flight simulator.& ...