USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by Hurricane Dorian

USDA Office of Communications Press Release WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2019 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. The National Hurricane Center reports that life threatening storm surge and devastating hurricane force winds are still possible along portions of the Florida east coast by the early to middle part...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Saturday, August 31, 2019

Outlook Dry high pressure will persist over the region into the early part of the weekend. Atlantic moisture may slowly increase through the latter half of the weekend. The track of Hurricane Dorian will determine the weather across the region next Monday through Thursday, but the path remains highly uncertain for that period. Impacts from the system remain possible for our area, especially mid to late next week. Check out the Tropical Weather...

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Agenda Packet for September 2019 Town Council Meeting

The Franklin Town Council will be meeting at 6 pm on Tuesday night, the day after Labor Day. Please note this not on the first Monday due to the holiday. The public agenda and agenda packet has been posted below in the interest of promoting transparency in local government and local news coverage of the meeting. Macon Media plans to stream the meeting live and an additional article will be posted for the event. DAY SPONSOR Macon Media is...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Friday, August 30, 2019

Outlook Dry high pressure will persist over the region into the early part of the weekend. Atlantic moisture may slowly increase through the latter half of the weekend. The track of Hurricane Dorian will determine the weather across the region next Monday through Thursday, but the path remains highly uncertain for that period. Impacts from the system remain possible for our area, especially mid to late next week. Check out the Tropical Weather...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Thursday, August 29, 2019

Outlook Expect dry high pressure to be in control of our weather until the weekend. A moistening stationary front will bring precipitation chances back by Sunday. The track of Hurricane Dorian may impact our weather in the mid to late part of next week. A section on Hurricane Dorian has been added to the Tropical Weather Outlook section of the daily briefing. DAY SPONSOR Macon Media is being underwritten today by Franklin Health & Fitness,...

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Daily Weather Briefing for Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Outlook A weak cold front will cross our region from the northwest today. Dry high pressure is expected to dominate the local weather pattern until the weekend. Another weak cold front will drift down from the north this weekend and become stationary from west to east across our area. Dorian is expected to reach Florida this weekend as well and could enhance our rain chances into next week. Call for Crafters and Vendors for Fall Arts and...

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PRESS RELEASE Angel Medical Center to host ‘Crush the Crisis’ opioid take back day

On Saturday, September 7, Angel Medical Center will host “Crush the Crisis,” an opioid take back event. Law enforcement officers from the Franklin Police Department will be on site to assist with the collection and disposal of unused medications from 9 a.m. until noon. Local law enforcement located outside of the main hospital entrance will be collecting tablets, capsules and patches of Hydrocodone (Norco, Lortab, Vicodin), Oxycodone (Oxycontin,...

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