The Town of Franklin had a discarge of untreated sewage from our pump station located at 3174 Wayah Road of approximaely 4,500 gallons.

• The discharge was first discovered on June 10, 2013, at 9 a.m. and lasted approximately 1 hour.
• The untreated wastewater entered Wayah Creek.
• The spill occurred because of pump station failure, due to heavy rain.

This notice is required by North Carolina General Statutes Article 21 Chapter 143.215.C. For more information, contact assistant to the town manager Summer Woodard at (828)524-2516.

Last Thursday afternoon, a 1994 GMC concrete transport truck turned over while traveling northbound on Hwy. 441 between Otto and Franklin.

The initial accident investigation revealed that a motor home was traveling in the northbound lane of Hwy 441 followed by the concrete transport truck operated by Cashiers Concrete. The motor home suddenly slowed to make a right hand turn and the concrete truck locked its brakes in an attempt to avoid hitting the motor home.

An attempt to serve warrants at a Horseshoe Ridge Rd. residence led to an assault on a Macon County Detective and a subsequent arrest.

The incident took place last Wednesday afternoon when Detective Tim Holland went to serve a warrant on 34 year old William Dale Sheffield for failure to appear in court. According to Sheriff Robert Holland, when approached, Sheffield put his hands into a vehicle and as a result was ordered to show his hands by the officer. Upon this request he attempted to flee the scene with the officer giving chase. The two began to struggle when the suspect started trying to hit the pursuing officer. A knife became involved.

Multiple drug charges in joint investigation

Nineteen members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Thirteen of those charged were arrested on Wednesday, May 29, during an early morning round-up conducted by federal, state and local law enforcement.

“Our agency and members of our Narcotics Unit spent many hours involved in this investigation during the past year,” said Macon County Sheriff Robert L. Holland. “This investigation is a good example of when citizens report suspicious drug activity to law enforcement and they think nothing is being done about it ... there’s a good chance there is.”