Highlands Police Chief Andrea Holland was beginning her morning patrol around 9 a.m. on Aug. 27, when Macon County dispatch called over the radio that a stolen wrecker was driving from Franklin and believed to […]
Inspired by a TV program that profiled the national program, MCSO Sheriff Robbie Holland and his wife established the Shop with a Cop (SWAC) program in Macon County, 25 years ago. Highlands Police Chief Andrea […]
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Franklin on Saturday for the first annual Back the Blue event. The event, which was organized to show law enforcement and their families support, saw around 1,000 people from […]
Highlands has hired former Lieutenant/Detective Andrea Holland as the Town’s next Chief of Police. Holland took the oath to serve the community as Chief at a swearing-in ceremony at the Community Building last Thursday with […]
It was a good weekend for me, and I suspect for many Highlanders. At this beginning of summer, we finally got a break from the cloudy days. I have been visiting the downtown and merchants […]
On the heels of state vs. federal gun rights debates, gun owners are demanding that their local government leaders establish sanctuaries for gun rights. The “sanctuary” movement began last year in Illinois and quickly spread […]