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Two dead in murder-suicide

Jake Browning
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Two Franklin residents are dead after a domestic dispute last Thursday night. On Thursday, Aug. 5, at 10:43 p.m., Deputy Jay Wright responded to a report of a domestic situation at 78 Johnson Road.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Kim Terrell leads her class at the library in a few warmup exercises before they start on the day’s nutrition lesson.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Kim Terrell leads her class at the library in a few warmup exercises before they start on the day’s nutrition lesson.

Summer class teaches healthy eating habits

Jake Browning
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Some kids spend their whole summer vacation sitting on the couch and overindulging in sweets and unhealthy snacks. Others don’t eat much at all when they can’t go to their school cafeteria for two meals per day. In either case, those kids would benefit from a trip to the Macon County Public Library.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Marty Greeble, Juanita Wilson and Mary Polanski at the July 31 dedication ceremony for the Na’ha Rebecca Morris plaque on the Women’s History Trail.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Marty Greeble, Juanita Wilson and Mary Polanski at the July 31 dedication ceremony for the Na’ha Rebecca Morris plaque on the Women’s History Trail.

WHT honors Cherokee woman

Jake Browning
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The newest installment in the Women’s History Trail is a plaque at the Nikwasi Mound dedicated to Na’ha Rebecca Morris, one of the most famed women of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian to ever call the Nikwasi area home.
Press photo/Mia Overton Franklin Police Chief Bill Harrell presented Brandy Burns and James Hampton with certificates of valor at the Town Council meeting on Aug. 2. Harrell thanked Hampton and Burns for their “courageous assistance” when they came to his aid during an incident on June 11 at Macon Plaza. The suspect lunged at Harrell knocking him off balance and tried to drive away in the police chief’s car. Hampton and Burns helped Harrell subdue the suspect until other officers arrived on the scene. “Thei

Press photo/Mia Overton Franklin Police Chief Bill Harrell presented Brandy Burns and James Hampton with certificates of valor at the Town Council meeting on Aug. 2. Harrell thanked Hampton and Burns for their “courageous assistance” when they came to his aid during an incident on June 11 at Macon Plaza. The suspect lunged at Harrell knocking him off balance and tried to drive away in the police chief’s car. Hampton and Burns helped Harrell subdue the suspect until other officers arrived on the scene. “Thei

Resident concerned about skate park location

Mia Overton
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The proposed skate park was again the topic of discussion during the public session of the Franklin Town Council meeting held Aug. 2. Tim Shaw and Olga Lampkin spoke in favor of the park. Shaw gave an update on the efforts of local residents to support the construction of a skate park.
Press photo/Mia Overton The Nikwasi Mount in East Franklin will be one of the stops for people participating in a field trip as part of the national Trail of Tears conference in September.

Press photo/Mia Overton The Nikwasi Mount in East Franklin will be one of the stops for people participating in a field trip as part of the national Trail of Tears conference in September.

Franklin TDA supports Trail of Tears field trip

Mia Overton
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Franklin will be the site of a “Nikwasi-Cherokee Cultural and Heritage Corridor Pilgrimage” when the national Trail of Tears Conference comes to town in September. The annual Trail of Tears Conference is being held in Cherokee Sept. 20-22, and on Sept.

King steps down as Athletic Director

News Staff
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Will Woolever sports@thefranklinpress.com Franklin High School’s athletic director is stepping down from the top job. For the past six years, Blair King has served FHS as an assistant principal, overseeing a vast range of the school’s daily operations.
Press photo/Jake Browning - KIDS Place executive director Alisa Ashe addresses the Macon County Board of Commissioners about cuts to the Victims of Crime Act Fund.

Press photo/Jake Browning - KIDS Place executive director Alisa Ashe addresses the Macon County Board of Commissioners about cuts to the Victims of Crime Act Fund.

Nonprofits victims of VOCA cuts

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Several Macon County nonprofits have been affected by major reductions to Victims of Crime Act funding and they’re employing different strategies to cope with it.
Haggart (below) has about 80 plants and says, “They take care of themselves if you give them what they need.”

Haggart (below) has about 80 plants and says, “They take care of themselves if you give them what they need.”

Dazzling Dahlias

Mia Overton
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Sonya Haggart grew up helping her grandmother in her garden and is now carrying on the family tradition of growing dahlias. “My grandmother could grow anything,” Haggart said. “She had the greenest thumb of anybody I know.
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Masks optional

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Macon County Schools will start the 2021-22 school year without a face covering mandate if the state of the pandemic doesn’t worsen between now and when school starts in August.
Press photos/Jake Browning - This weather station at the Macon County Public Library is one of many in the region that provide data for the Local Yokel Weather Service.

Press photos/Jake Browning - This weather station at the Macon County Public Library is one of many in the region that provide data for the Local Yokel Weather Service.

Local Yokel parts clouds on recent weather trends

News Staff
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Anyone who’s ever turned on the weather channel to plan their weekend knows that predicting the weather is a delicate task. It’s gotten even more complicated in recent years, with extreme weather phenomena becoming more commonplace.