Just before filing closed on Friday, Matthew Holland added his name as the second candidate to run in the Town of Franklin mayor’s race. Holland will join current Vice Mayor Stacy Guffe ...

Congressman Chuck Edwards stopped by Franklin Town Hall on Saturday morning to present a $4,320,000 check to the town. The funds will be used to help cover the cost of a new clear w ...

The Macon County Board of Commissioners is considering bringing the Health Department under its control. The commissioners and the Board of Health held a joint meeting as part of the comm ...

A plan to replace the trees around the clock tower square is in place as crews work on the tower in downtown Franklin. Scaffolding was installed around the clock tower after the Macon Cou ...

Panther track and field continues to rewrite the school record book. On the week after Spring Break the team had a jam-packed schedule, traveling to three meets in just three days. In thr ...

Macon County Schools is facing an estimated $800,000 shortfall for this school year after not receiving a grant it had previously gotten annually, COVID funds running out and previous federal educa ...

Panther swim and dive’s regular season is underway. After months of offseason work, Franklin faced a busy schedule before Thanksgiving, swimming three meets in eight days from Nov. 15-2 ...

It’s been a good year for Kendall Rumans. Between leading Panther softball to a Mountain Seven Conference title and breaking career team records in home runs and RBIs, the junior turned ...

Incumbent Sheriff Brent Holbrooks and primary challenger Bob Cook participated in a forum Saturday, answering questions from each other and from members of the public on law enforcement, leadership ...

Contention and confusion, specifically by one commissioner, over solid waste fee increases, led to a vote that approved those hikes after an hour-long Board of Commissioners meeting Monday morning.

County Manager Warren Cabe presented a proposed budget of $64,711,599 that maintains the current property tax rate of .27 per $100 property value. During the Macon County Board of Commiss ...

Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory continues to serve as a premier facility for studying rainfall and watersheds in the mountains, its data made all the more relevant by Hurricane Helene. ...