On May 22, Franklin High athletes, coaches and family members gathered in the Smoky Mountain Center for the Performing Arts for the school’s 2024-25 Athletic Awards Ceremony. Those awards are lis ...

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Press photo/Will Woolever - Eighth-grader Sam Moore makes contact with a pitch in the Blue Ridge Athletic Conference ...

The continuing shortage of bus drivers was a topic during the May 19 Macon County Board of Education meeting. The board also ...

In spite of the threat of rain, the annual Memorial Day Ceremony took place Monday, May 26 at the Veterans Memorial Park in Franklin. Memorial Day is a United States holiday observed on the last ...

When the Franklin Town Council meets next week, they will hold a public hearing on the town’s proposed budget for 2025-26.

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

Macon Middle School softball is pictured with their fourth straight Blue Ridge Athletic Conference title plaque after a ...