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Press photo/Jake Browning - Macon County Schools has 41 teachers retiring this year. Some of the retiring teachers were recognized at the June School Board meeting.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Macon County Schools has 41 teachers retiring this year. Some of the retiring teachers were recognized at the June School Board meeting.

Macon County Schools sees exodus of retiring teachers

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Macon County Schools depended heavily on the determination and adaptability of teachers this year. Teachers ran split classrooms, learned new technologies and stepped up in a big way to help staff summer classes.
Fire and Rescue

Fire and Rescue

Cullasaja VFD members turn in gear

Jake Browning
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Cullasaja Gorge Fire & Rescue took a big hit to their roster after 14 members resigned simultaneously last week. The incident occurred on Thursday, July 1 during a closed meeting.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Information Technology Director Tim Burrell reviews Macon County Schools’ cyber security measures.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Information Technology Director Tim Burrell reviews Macon County Schools’ cyber security measures.

School board discusses threats to cyber security

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Jake Browning reporter@thefranklinpress.com Arguably the greatest priority of any school system is to keep the children under its care safe. District offices go to great lengths to set up infrastructure and enlist resource officers to deter physical threats to their students.
Press photos/Jake Browning - Above, Matthew Sadlowski and Carley Specht talk about how their lambs are doing in the 4H Lamb Club’s first practice.

Press photos/Jake Browning - Above, Matthew Sadlowski and Carley Specht talk about how their lambs are doing in the 4H Lamb Club’s first practice.

Putting on a Show

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Macon County 4H members returned to the fairgrounds last Tuesday night to start preparing for the 2021 lamb showing season.

Walmart shooter arrested

News Staff
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Phillip Lawrence Buchanan, 58, of Franklin was arrested June 23 after firing shots toward a delivery truck behind Walmart in Franklin. Officers were dispatched to the store on Commons Drive at 12:15 a.m.
Press photo/Emily Kepley Moss - Bees are exclusive pollinators for almonds, avocados, apples, and numerous other crops.

Press photo/Emily Kepley Moss - Bees are exclusive pollinators for almonds, avocados, apples, and numerous other crops.

Macon Beekeepers Abuzz

Will Woolever
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Will Woolever sports@thefranklinpress.com From large commercial operations to local hobbyists keeping a hive in their back yards, beekeepers across the county have been hard at work this spring maintaining their bees and harvesting honey.
Press photo/Jake Browning - Aeven Tucker, Callum Tucker and Morgan Price learn about making homemade rain gauges during “Sowing Seeds for Our Table” at the Macon County Public Library.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Aeven Tucker, Callum Tucker and Morgan Price learn about making homemade rain gauges during “Sowing Seeds for Our Table” at the Macon County Public Library.

4H sows seeds of learning at library

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The Macon County 4H Club stopped by the library on Thursday to teach kids about how gardeners and farmers provide us with the food we eat in a program called Sowing Seeds for Our Table.