Lafayette News

John Poole, a CPA from Hendersonville, serves as the city auditor for Lafayette, and he had some good news to report to the City Council tonight.

Public hearing 6:55 p.m.: A public hearing to solicit public comments on a proposed annexation of property owned by Richard Freeman Old Business: Dispense with the reading of the November 3, 2009 council meeting minutes.

Starting within the next two weeks, the Lafayette Police Department will have on-foot officers armed with laser radar guns stationed around the square.

A funeral service for Mark Alton Shrum will be conducted Sunday, Nov. 22, at 1 p.m. from Macon County High School's gym.

The Lafayette Police Department will use laser guns to crack down on speeding around the square, Lafayette City Attorney Jon Wells said Thursday night.

There is no way to express the many thanks we would like to send out to everyone who was there for us while Terry was sick and in the funeral home.

Johnson Jewelers and Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio The full-service jewelry store opened in 1978 and includes in-store repair among its services.

The inscription on the south side of the granite wall minces no words: "To support and defend the Constitution." The podium goes further: "To those who were students first who served their country with honor." MTSU will dedicate its Veterans Memorial wall and plaza today at 11:30 a.m. in front of the Tom H. Jackson Building, honoring 63 former ...

Religious Debate There will be a religious debate between Roger Holland & Lawrence Williamson at The Donoho Hotel in Red Boiling Springs, TN on November 13 & 14 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Mayor J.Y. Carter requested a moment of silence before the commencement of last weeka s City Council meeting to remember the life of City Councilman Ronnie Krantz, who lost his nearly year-long battle with cancer on Sun., Nov.

Four people in Macon County have been charged with TennCare fraud involving prescription drugs.

The Macon County Sheriff's Office said a missing person's report was filed for 20-year-old mother Hanna Johnson from Lafayette.

It is just a simple fact. There are advantages and disadvantages to living in a small town.

A Lafayette man has been sentenced to 62 years in prison for two counts of rape of a child, one count of aggravated sexual battery and two counts of incest.

The best way to revamp the square is to follow a master plan from start to finish, agreed 10 committee members last week at a Macon County Revitalization, Inc., meeting at Lafayette City Hall.

Lafayettea s airport celebrates its 40th birthday this fall. For four decades it has been known as a oeThe Lafayette Municipal Airport.a Following Lafayette City Councila s meeting Tuesday, Oct.

Daniel Wayne McCormick has been charged with multiple counts in connection with a high-speed pursuit with local law enforcement officials in the late-night hours of Thursday, Oct.

Lafayette's Daniel Wayne McCormick, age 30, was the driver of the vehicle that was involved in Thursday night's high-speed chase, an intake report from the Macon County Sheriff's Office indicates.

Last week Macon County High School held their homecoming week. Dress up days were held a school each day, a parade came through the streets of Lafayette and a bonfire was held at night.

Torrential rains and intense winds held up traffic coming into Lafayette from Hartsville on the Highway 10 hill last Saturday, after three utility poles owned by North Central Telephone Cooperative were blown down at about 7 p.m. Traffic was halted and then rerouted up Ferguson Hill Road until about 10 p.m. that night.