Two Franklin men were arrested on June 15 in an ongoing investigation of an international drug operation, according to the Macon County Sheriff’s Office.
Schools are scheduled to reopen on Aug. 17, but no one knows yet how that will happen.
Macon County Public Health reported 257 total cases of COVID-19 as of June 22, an increase of four from the previous day’s total.
Barbara McRae
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The number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb as the health department identified a third cluster in Macon County.
Marchers took to the streets of Franklin twice in four days, joining demonstrations nationwide calling for an end to racial injustice in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.
Franklin High School sophomore Devyn Blackburn has all of Macon County and much of the region rooting for him on the road to recovery.
Two suspects have been charged with assault after a shooting victim showed up at an Echo Valley home seeking help on Thursday, June 4.
A trial date has been set for Paul Eugene Snow, the Macon County man accused of killing his mother and sister in November 2016, District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch said.
Local residents are planning a march in downtown Franklin to protest the death of George Floyd and support the Black Lives Matter movement.