Macon County News

Tennessee Guardsmen, including the statea s largest unit, are on the move this weekend.

In two separate training classes in November, members of the Macon County Rescue Squad completed certification or re-certification training in life saving skills.

"Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go..." We have all heard and, perhaps, sung those classic words.

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.

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

Here's the agenda for tonight's Red Boiling Springs City Council meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. at City Hall: *Call meeting to order *Roll call *Approve minutes of October 6 meeting as written *Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon *Paving - open bids *Employee Christmas bonuses and turkey for each fireman *Change stop at Heady Ridge Road and College ...

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 H1N1 vaccine has been hard to find. In most places across the state, the vaccine has been available on a week-to-week basis.

Sometimes he pleaded. Other times he begged. Macon County Mayor Shelvy Linville said he was determined, one way or another, to bring running water to more county residents.

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.

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.

A group of business leaders and concerned citizens met last week to discuss plans for downtown revitalization.

RED BOILING SPRINGS, Tenn. a ' Nestle Waters has laid off workers at its Pure Life water bottling plant in Red Boiling Springs.

The Nestle plant in Red Boiling Springs announced last week that they are laying off 32 employees.

A 13-year-old Macon County girl is safe after being found in Huntsville, Ala. The family of Judi Juarez discovered their daughter missing Sunday morning when they awoke.

Assistant District Attorney Howard Chambers did the right thing when he denied Dr.