The TDA heard funding requests for a retreat for veterans’ widows and a music festival at its March 9 meeting. The board also ...

Three Community Funding Pool applications were approved during the Macon County Board of Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday, ...

It was a good year for Panther JV hoops. Throughout the Mountain Eight season, Franklin boasted two of the conference’s best ...

Nancy Siler Scott (second from left) was honored as the 2026 Macon Matriarch. The award is presented by the Folk Heritage ...

Panther baseball has started the year red-hot. After routing North Buncombe on opening night, on the first week of March they ...

For the past four years, Gage Smith has traveled the land in search of its best amateur tournaments. In Las Vegas last month, ...

Franklin’s winter sports state champions are recognized at center-court during a Panther hoops home playoff game Feb. 26.

The Macon County Board of Commissioners held its fourth consecutive month of conversations about redistricting Tuesday, March 10, voting 4-1 to shut down a motion to change the board’s ...

Panther softball has earned its first win of the season. After falling in extra innings to Tuscola Feb. 27, on the first ...

Yes - People should be willing to walk from the parking lots. No - The town and/or county need to create more spaces.

The votes are in for the 2026 primary and incumbent Brent Holbrooks will retain his seat as Macon County Sheriff. The ...

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