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Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Commissioners Danny Antoine, Gary Shields and Josh Young were the three votes needed to pass the new Franklin High financing plan on Aug. 13. At right is Commissioner John Shearl, who voted against the funding, along with Paul Higdon.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Commissioners Danny Antoine, Gary Shields and Josh Young were the three votes needed to pass the new Franklin High financing plan on Aug. 13. At right is Commissioner John Shearl, who voted against the funding, along with Paul Higdon.

Macon County approves FHS financing plan

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
After years of crunching numbers, disagreements, site visits, planning, hopes and dreams, the new Franklin High School project got the last local approval needed at the Macon County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13.
Press file photo - The Nikwasi Mound and kiosk is downtown Franklin.

Press file photo - The Nikwasi Mound and kiosk is downtown Franklin.

Preservation and education at Nikwasi Mound

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The Nikwasi Initiative came before the Franklin Town Council on Aug. 5 to make requests as part of its new Mound Stewardship Plan and to give an update on some of the organization’s activities.
Press photo/Mia Overton - Crews from Chase Environmental Group and the Town of Franklin were working on Stewart Street Monday to remove potentially hazardous waste.

Press photo/Mia Overton - Crews from Chase Environmental Group and the Town of Franklin were working on Stewart Street Monday to remove potentially hazardous waste.

Radioactive waste removed from Stewart Street

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Crews were working at the end of Stewart Street in downtown Franklin on Monday unearthing “potentially hazardous waste” believed to have been buried there decades ago.
Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Franklin High FFA Instructor Jenny Collins with Magnolia during a July 31 work session at the Macon County Fairgrounds.

Press photo/Thomas Sherrill - Franklin High FFA Instructor Jenny Collins with Magnolia during a July 31 work session at the Macon County Fairgrounds.

Collins continues FFA stewardship

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
As many students took a long exhale this summer, Franklin High School’s Future Farmers Association students and their instructor Jenny Collins have been hard at work preparing for fair season. “We started off, graduation hit, and then we went to FFA camp and came back for practices,” Collins said.
Graphic/Town of Franklin - The Franklin Town Council has approved these expenditures using its remaining American Rescue Plan Act Funds.

Graphic/Town of Franklin - The Franklin Town Council has approved these expenditures using its remaining American Rescue Plan Act Funds.

Franklin Town Council approves spending plan for ARPA funds

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
The Franklin Town Council has approved a plan for spending the remainder of its American Rescue Plan Act funds received during the COVID-19 pandemic. The town received $1.3 million and has $416,025 remaining. According to federal regulations the funds must be allocated by Dec.
Graphic/LS3P/Macon County Schools - A rendering of the new Franklin High School.

Graphic/LS3P/Macon County Schools - A rendering of the new Franklin High School.

Public hearing set for FHS financing plan

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Public hearings and possible votes on a $75.6 million Franklin High School bond and the Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance are slated to highlight the Macon County Board Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 13. The commissioners approved both public hearings at the July 9 meeting.
Photo/Bob Scott - Firefighters from across the county responded to the July 17 fire at Liberty Wood Products.

Photo/Bob Scott - Firefighters from across the county responded to the July 17 fire at Liberty Wood Products.

Arrest made in Liberty Wood Products arson

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
A flood of tips led to an arrest in the Liberty Wood Products fire, where evidence of other local jewelry thefts led to 22 charges against a Franklin man.
Press photos/Mia Overton - Sheila Green, Debbie Queen and Teresa Zoellner dressed the part for the 80s Flashback Weekend festivities on Saturday. See more photos on page B1 of today’s paper and on The Franklin Press Facebook page.

Press photos/Mia Overton - Sheila Green, Debbie Queen and Teresa Zoellner dressed the part for the 80s Flashback Weekend festivities on Saturday. See more photos on page B1 of today’s paper and on The Franklin Press Facebook page.

80s Flashback Weekend

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
The organizers for the 80s Flashback Weekend came to the Franklin Town Council meeting Monday night to give a brief report and offer thanks for the town’s support of the two-day event, held Aug. 2 and 3.
Graphic/Macon County Schools - From the July 22 presentation on the proposed strategic plan for Macon County Schools.

Graphic/Macon County Schools - From the July 22 presentation on the proposed strategic plan for Macon County Schools.

Macon County Schools unveil strategic plan

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Macon County Schools Superintendent Josh Lynch got approval for a conceptual strategic plan with four pillars to build on during the July 22 school board meeting.
Press file photo - Franklin High School students who miss more than 15 days of a course will fail that course. The high school is also cracking down on excessive tardies.

Press file photo - Franklin High School students who miss more than 15 days of a course will fail that course. The high school is also cracking down on excessive tardies.

FHS tightens student attendance policy

Thomas Sherrill
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Attempting to “tighten the screws” on what administrators described as an attendance problem, Franklin High School is putting a hard limit of 15 absences per course starting this school year and revocation of parking privileges for excessive tardies.