A classroom incident involving a now-former substitute teacher at Iotla Valley Elementary School and a student is being investigated by the Macon County Sheriff’s Office.
The Franklin Town Council held two public hearings on rezoning requests at its Jan. 3 meeting.
In a new agreement with First United Methodist Church, the Town of Franklin will operate The Walk, the skatepark at the church, until the town’s new skatepark is built later this year.
With reservations, the Macon County Board of Education made a school capital project priority list during a special called meeting on Jan. 6.
The North Carolina Department of Justice says there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges against Mark Meadows or his wife Debra Meadows for alleged voter fraud involving the 2020 election.
A burst pipe on Christmas Eve has left the REACH shelter without a permanent home for several months as staff search for a temporary rental home.
The Macon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a Franklin man on Jan. 1.
After listening to concerns about LGTB-focused book displays, the Macon County Public Library is developing an “intellectual freedom in libraries” process that would address how members can object
The Macon County Board of Elections will conduct a simulated election with new equipment during the last full week of January.
For the first time in nearly a decade, students at Macon Middle School are back in the art room.