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Two Franklin residents are dead after a domestic dispute last Thursday night.

Some kids spend their whole summer vacation sitting on the couch and overindulging in sweets and unhealthy snacks.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the way most Americans live their lives, almost nobody has been hit as hard as senior citizens.

The newest installment in the Women’s History Trail is a plaque at the Nikwasi Mound dedicated to Na’ha Rebecca Morris, one of the most famed women of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indian to eve

The proposed skate park was again the topic of discussion during the public session of the Franklin Town Council meeting held Aug. 2.

Franklin will be the site of a “Nikwasi-Cherokee Cultural and Heritage Corridor Pilgrimage” when the national Trail of Tears Conference comes to town in September.

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Franklin High School’s athletic director is stepping down from the top job.

Several Macon County nonprofits have been affected by major reductions to Victims of Crime Act funding and they’re employing different strategies to cope with it.

Sonya Haggart grew up helping her grandmother in her garden and is now carrying on the family tradition of growing dahlias.

Macon County Schools will start the 2021-22 school year without a face covering mandate if the state of the pandemic doesn’t worsen between now and when school starts in August.