The Franklin Press, Franklin, North Carolina

File photo - Hay is far and away to most-produced crop in Macon County.

The spring planting season is just a couple of weeks away, and Macon County farmers are about to get busy. “We’re only three weeks away from what we consider the frost-free date,” said Alan Durden, director of the Macon County Cooperative Extension...

Press photo/Andy Scheidler - Lydia Barton leads FHS in scoring this season.

Scoring leader finds right fit with Covenant College

Lydia Barton has been playing soccer for more than half of her life. The Franklin senior has enjoyed the sport, but viewed it more as a hobby than a passion. That all started to change within the past year. Barton went from thinking she didn’t want...

Press photo/Jake Browning - Macon County residents study the proposed changes to Georgia Road.

Residents get a look at Georgia Road upgrade plan

Macon County residents had the chance to share their thoughts and concerns about a proposal to widen Georgia Road with NCDOT officials on Tuesday evening at the Robert C. Carpenter Community Building. The NCDOT is planning to reconfigure 2.8 miles...

Press photo/Tom Pantaleo - Franklin third baseman Tony Sgro goes airborne to receive a throw while trying to catch a Hendersonville player stealing on Tuesday.

Panthers edge Bearcats, take two-game conference lead

It wasn’t the dominating performance like the first two encounters. But they’ll still take it. Franklin’s baseball team beat Hendersonville 6-3 Tuesday at Macon Middle School. The Panthers had twice beaten the winless Wildcats by the mercy rule, 10-...

Knibbs family sues deputy, sheriff

The wife of Scott Knibbs, who was killed at his home in 2018 in an officer-related shooting, has filed a wrongful death suit against deputy Anthony Momphard Jr. and Macon County Sheriff Robert Holland. Momphard was cleared of any wrongdoing in...

Three charged in alleged meth trafficking ring

Macon County authorities put a dent in the meth pipeline coming into the county from Georgia with the arrest of three Macon County residents on April 10. Pamela Nicole “Nikki” Wykle was charged with trafficking methamphetamine by possession, two...

News Stories

Macon farmers gearing up for planting

The spring planting season is just a couple of weeks away, and Macon County farmers are about to get busy.

By Lee Buchanan

Residents get a look at Georgia Road upgrade plan

Macon County residents had the chance to share their thoughts and concerns about a proposal to widen Georgia Road with NCDOT officials on Tuesday evening at the Robert C.

By Jake Browning

Knibbs family sues deputy, sheriff

The wife of Scott Knibbs, who was killed at his home in 2018 in an officer-related shooting, has filed a wrongful death suit against deputy Anthony Momphard Jr.

By Lee Buchanan

Sports

Scoring leader finds right fit with Covenant College

Lydia Barton has been playing soccer for more than half of her life. The Franklin senior has enjoyed the sport, but viewed it more as a hobby than a passion.