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 […]
Article courtesy of the Highlands Police Department Photos by Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News Highlands Police Department responded to a peculiar incident over the weekend when a monkey, belonging to a visitor to the Highlands […]
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 […]
By Brian O’Shea, Plateau Daily News A 27-year-old Franklin resident avoided serious injury after she flipped her car on her way out of Highlands and veered off NC 64 near Oak Street on Saturday afternoon. […]
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 […]
Though the Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with the town holds litter pick-ups a couple times a year, it’s clear twice a year isn’t enough. Highlands’ byways are consistently littered with garbage. At a recent […]
Highlands Police Department received a call around 2 p.m. on May 25 from the retail clothing store Potpourri about a shoplifting incident, which had taken place just minutes prior. According to a statement from HPD, […]
Investigators at the Highlands Police Department have been made aware of several fake social media accounts which have been created, claiming to be members of the Highlands Community. In some of these cases, an account is created using the name and […]
Members of the Highlands Biological Foundation’s Board of Trustees and staff members dropped off lunch to the Highlands Police Department on Friday. HBF did so to recognize the diligent work of the HPD, especially during […]
Highlands Police Department began running manned checkpoints at most entrances to Highlands at the end of March to keep all nonessential visitors from entering Town. After a few days of daily checkpoints at varying times […]
Over the weekend, the law enforcement community bid farewell to one of their own – its first K9 Officer Ruby – who was laid to rest. She was 15 years old. Pictured at the top […]
Highlands School students got to see K-9s from the Highlands Police Department in action on Thursday demonstrating tracking and suspect apprehension, also called ‘bitework.’ K-9 Officers Hope and Xena performed the tasks for middle-school students […]
Highlands Police Officer Tim Fish was honored with a retirement party after last week’s Town Board meeting. He spent 30 years as a law enforcement officer working in Highlands, Franklin, and Macon County. Pictured at […]
The Town of Highlands hired Officer John Cherry for the position of Code/Animal Control Officer. Cherry began his second tour in Highlands on Feb. 7, 2019. Officer Cherry returns to the Highlands Police Department after […]