The town will experience a planned power outage on February 26, 2025. The outage is planned because several problem trees must be removed to ensure they don’t later fall onto the transmission lines coming into […]
By Sgt. Tim Broughton Highlands Police Department had the privilege of taking 39 kids shopping for Christmas and the holidays last week at Walmart in Franklin. Each year, in cooperation with the Macon County Sheriff’s Office “Shop With […]
In October 2022, Miguel Angel Lopez-Hernandez, 30, was charged by the Highlands Police Department with several counts of felony disseminating obscenity and cyber stalking for creating fake social media accounts and posting explicit images. He was later […]
Investigators with the Highlands Police Department are investigating a vehicle break-in that occurred at the Lake Sequoyah Dam on June 19. According to a statement from the HPD, an unknown suspect broke into a light blue Toyota […]
Last Wednesday, officers with the Highlands Police Department arrested a 29-year-old female from Franklin in connection with a theft of guest property from a hotel in Highlands. According to a statement from the HPD, on […]
The Highlands Police Department is requesting information from the public in the following cases: HPD is asking for information on an incident of vandalism that occurred at the Highlands Skate Park at the Highlands Civic Center. During […]
During the early morning hours of February 15 at approximately 4 a.m., Highlands Police Officer Eryn Sueyklang observed a pickup truck parked in the parking lot of the North 4th Street Market Shell engulfed in flames while on […]
After a thorough investigation, the Highlands Police Department drew charges on Manuel “Manny” Chico, 44, of Highlands for Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Heroin, and Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Methamphetamine […]
The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that by 2016, nearly 50 percent of all law enforcement agencies in the country had acquired body-worn cameras (BWCs). That figure is predicated to be closer to 60 percent […]