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Press photo/Jake Browning - Keegan McKinley with a game board he designed himself as part of Camp Invention.

Press photo/Jake Browning - Keegan McKinley with a game board he designed himself as part of Camp Invention.

Pre-teen inventors get creative at AIG Camp

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Rising fifth and sixth graders put their inventiveness to the test during an academically gifted summer camp at Mountain View Intermediate School last week.
Covid update

Covid update

Macon County reports additional death related to COVID-19

News Staff
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Macon County Public Health received notification on June 8 that a Macon County resident diagnosed with COVID-19 passed away. To protect the family´s privacy, no further information will be released about this individual. This death brings Macon County to 41 deaths related to COVID-19.
Teaching teachers

Teaching teachers

Teaching Teachers

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Summer vacation has started, but there was a little bit of work left to do this week for Macon County teachers taking part in a summer externship.
Press photos/Linda Mathias - The Friends of the Greenway celebrate completion of the Greenway connector at a rally on June 12.

Press photos/Linda Mathias - The Friends of the Greenway celebrate completion of the Greenway connector at a rally on June 12.

FROG officially unveils Greenway connector

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The Friends of the Greenway celebrated the completion of the long-awaited connector on the Little Tennessee River Greenway with a small rally held on Saturday morning.

Police chief has violent encounter at Macon Plaza

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Franklin Police Chief Bill Harrell had an intense altercation with a man last Friday evening. At approximately 5:07 p.m. in the turn lane outside Macon Plaza, Harrell said he witnessed a shirtless man, later identified as Jesse Ray Machuca, who appeared to be high.
Press photo/Jake Browning – The Macon County Board of Commissioners approved a $56,681,218 budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year

Press photo/Jake Browning – The Macon County Board of Commissioners approved a $56,681,218 budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year

Commissioners vote 3-2 on tax increase

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
The Macon County Board of Commissioners approved a $56,681,218 budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year during their regularly scheduled meeting on June 8, albeit by the slimmest of margins.
Press photos/Jake Browning - Mya Crisp and Lexi Hoyt take a whirl at the Shriners Carnival, which continues through June 12.

Press photos/Jake Browning - Mya Crisp and Lexi Hoyt take a whirl at the Shriners Carnival, which continues through June 12.

Shriners carnival returns to Franklin

Jake Browning
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
After a year of coronavirus-induced hiatus, the Smoky Mountain Shrine Club has returned to Franklin for its annual carnival. The Shriners Carnival was a yearly celebration for over a decade before last year’s festivities were canceled.
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Town Council approves loan for Chick-fil-A development

Mia Overton
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The Town Council met Monday night and approved a $200,000 loan to assist in the development of the site for a Chick-fil-A on Siler Road.  The loan is for Hendon Tiller Franklin, a limited liability corporation registered in Georgia, that owns the property.