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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.

Photo submitted - 828 Vets have volunteered to help with projects throughout the community, including repairs to fellow veterans’ homes.

828 Vets dedicated to helping others

News Staff

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Anissa Holland for The Franklin Press 828 Vets will celebrate its one-year anniversary on Saturday, Oct. 22 with the first Warriors Walk. The Warriors Walk, rescheduled from Oct. 1 due to inclement weather, will take place at the Tassee Shelter, located at 877 Ulco Drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Voter registration deadline: Oct. 14

News Staff

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Next Friday, Oct. 14 is the deadline to register to vote in the November General Election. In the local elections, voters will be casting their ballots for County Commissioner, Board of Education, Clerk of Court and the state senate race.

Press photo/Will Woolever Macon County Board of Commissioners Chairman Jim Tate speaks at the Trail of Tears Conference at the Nikwasi mound in downtown Franklin.

Tracing the Trail of Tears in Macon County

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Photo submitted. Macon County School Board will study an addition to Highlands School.

Committee approved to study Highlands School addition

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Ryan Hanchett rhanchett@highlandsnews.com The Pledge of Allegiance didn’t sound the same during the September meeting of the Macon County Board of Education on Monday night at Highlands School.