News Staff ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – An investigation is underway after one person was shot multiple times at an Asheville apartment complex just after the 4th of July. According to the Asheville Police Department (APD), patrol officers officers found a man “suffering multiple gunshot wounds” along with a large crowd at the Maple Crest Apartments on Lee … Read more
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – A man charged with manufacturing homemade explosives and placing them around Transylvania County in 2021 will not serve additional jail time. Initially facing 10 charges, Terry Lee Barham took a plea deal recently [June 27] and was sentenced to 24 months of supervised probation. In total, 18 explosive devices were … Read more
Franklin — (July 5) Bond was set at $26,000 for a Cherokee, NC. man arrested last week in connection to a theft at a local business. In an update Wednesday (July 5), Franklin police said they have identified the suspect as Logan McKenna Otter. The 28-year-old reportedly broke into the business and stole a safe … Read more
A 25 year old Waynesville man arrested with more than 100 weapons during a 2021 traffic stop was sentenced to prison on Indepence Day [Tuesday]. According to court records, prior to the incident in Haywood County, Jacob Ryan McClure was taken into custody in Tennessee, after law enforcement seized 97 illegal “Glock switches” used to … Read more
The familiar white farmhouse that served as the headquarters of Pisgah View Ranch for decades is getting a new look. Thousands of acres of undeveloped forestland covering the mountainous Buncombe-Haywood county line is home to deer, turkey and countless other creatures living on the ranch property. But, nearly 80 years after opening the ranch in … Read more
MCS is looking at trying to consolidate FHS and Union Academy. If Macon County succeeds in constructing a new high school, which could be contingent on receiving a Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund grant, the school system will consolidate Union Academy and Franklin High School into the same campus. The move could improve the school … Read more
The National Park Service airlifted the wreckage of a 1983 plane crash near Waterrock Knob. The site has become a popular hiking destination, but over the coming weeks the landscape will be restored, officials said in a press release. The area holds cultural significance for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and has been the … Read more
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) – A traffic stop in Waynesville last month ended with a drug bust and led to the arrest of five people. Waynesville police pulled over a vehicle near the 100-mile marker of U.S. 23/74 on June 21, and found an 89.6-gram package of suspected fentanyl and the driver and a passenger were … Read more
ASHEVILLE, NC (AP) – A police involved shooting left a North Carolina state trooper injured and a motorist dead. Police say the trooper who stopped to help a stranded driver on Interstate 26 near Asheville Monday night was shot in his protective vest before he killed the motorist who fired at him, authorities said. The … Read more
MACON COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The Franklin Police Department is working to determine if a body recovered Monday morning at the Little Tennessee River in Macon County is that of a missing teen. Officers said a 19-year-old was reportedly last seen early Saturday morning at the Macon County Greenway, which is where a kayaker reported … Read more