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Tyto Care Macon County Public Health will introduce a new telehealth program for students in January.

Telehealth will reduce missed class time

News Staff

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Anissa Holland thefranklinpressnews@gmail.com Macon County Public Health will introduce a telehealth program for students beginning in January. Julie Rogers, physician extender with the Macon County Health Department, presented information about the program at the Oct.

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Learning Loss: Schools work on COVID recovery

Mia Overton

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Macon County students are making gains in the learning loss that occurred due to the COVID pandemic and the resulting school closings and online learning. Associate Superintendent Josh Lynch reviewed information from the state school report card at the Oct. 24 Board of Education meeting.

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County sees high early voting turnout

Mia Overton

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

More than 5,000 people have voted in the November General Election since early voting started on Oct. 20. As of the Monday evening, 5,935 people had voted (including 487 vote-by-mail ballots), according to the Macon County Board of Elections.

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FHS Designs

News Staff

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Schematic designs of the proposed new Franklin High School presented by LS3P at the Oct. 18 joint meeting of the Macon County Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education. The new building would sit where the upper practice field is now located.

A computer-generated graphic showing an aerial view of the proposed new Franklin High School. Design drawings of the interior plan and the stadium are post on the website and The Franklin Press Facebook page.

FHS plans to be submitted for state review

Mia Overton

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Following a joint meeting of the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education last week, the schematic designs for a new Franklin High School and stadium will be submitted to local and state review agencies.

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Woman dies in house fire

News Staff

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

An 88-year-old Franklin woman died in a house fire early Monday morning. Cowee Fire/Rescue was dispatched to a fire at 391 Bradley Creek Road at 12:38 a.m. The person calling 911 said an elderly woman was trapped inside. The structure was fully engulfed when the first crew arrived at 12:44 a.m.

Devin Holland

Holland named Franklin police chief

News Staff

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Franklin Police Department’s longtime employee Devin Holland will be the town’s next chief of police effective Dec. 1, according to Town Manager Amie Owens. Holland currently serves as captain of patrol for the Town of Franklin.

Photo provided - Divinity Aleza Guest has been charged with the second-degree murders of her mother, Levia Lee Guest, and Brandon John Thomas Ownby.

Franklin woman charged with double homicide

Mia Overton

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

A Franklin woman has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the discovery of two bodies in a home on Mack Branch Road on Oct. 10. Divinity Aleza Guest, 22, is charged with the murders of her mother, Levia Lee Guest, 42, and her friend, Brandon John Thomas Ownby, 31.

Photo submitted/Jimmy Teem - A truck parked in a building at the landfill was a total loss after it caught fire last week.

Debris ignites fire at landfill

Mia Overton

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Firefighters were called out last Tuesday, Oct 4, when a tractor-trailer caught fire in a building at the landfill. The first call came into the 911 center at 7:48 p.m. from a caller on the Greenway reporting she could see smoke and heard an explosion.

Caitlin Lambert

Lambert named student teacher of the year

News Staff

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Anissa Holland thefranklinpressnews@gmail.com The North Carolina Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (NCACTE) recognized Caitlin Lambert as the 2022 Outstanding Student Teacher of the Year.