Macon County News

The City of Lafayette Council Meeting is scheduled tonight at Lafayette City Hall.

A resident of Macon County earned her degree during Martin Methodist College's 141st Commencement, held Saturday, May 5, on the school's Campus Green in Pulaski, Tenn.

I would like to thank all the citizens of Macon County, along with the patrons of Macon County Public Library, and Red Boiling Springs Branch Library for all of their prayers, words of comfort, love, and support in our time of grief.

Otto Wheeley, a venture capitalist known for helping many East Tennessee entrepreneurs get their start, died Monday at age 90.

Ladies Auxiliary introduce "Buddy System" submitted by Barbara Oliver - President, Ladies Auxiliary The Buddy Program is a Highway Safety program aimed at informing police about the location of a motorist who becomes stranded on the nation's highways.

For more than 40 years, Liken Roofing has been a part of Macon County's work force, as well as the work force for surrounding counties.

Heavy rain hit Macon County in the wee hours of Thursday morning. By about 2 a.m. this morning, an estimated three inches fell on the county, according to Macon County Emergency Management Director Keith Scruggs.

Red Boiling Springs Mayor Kenneth Hollis issued a "thank you" message Thursday, May 13.

Pictured above are Tom Dallas, Travis Hackert, Brad Howell, Todd Wagoner, Mike Evetts, Joseph Tuck, Phillip Smith, Robert Taylor, Eric Fleming, Zack White, Matt Cross, Nathan Strack, Troy Brawner, Joey Smith, Cory Dycus, Don Stevens, Tracy Hawkins and.

PORCH FIRE SENDS FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT ON COLD DAY EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY RED CROSS AND DISASTER TRAINING ARTICLES TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN NEXT WEEK'S PRINT EDITION OF MACON COUNTY TIMES: PORCH FIRE SENDS FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT ON COLD PORCH FIRE SENDS FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT ON COLD DAY EARLY VOTING UNDERWAY RED CROSS AND DISASTER TRAINING ARTICLES TO LOOK ... (more)

I would like to thank all the citizens of Macon County, along with the patrons of Macon County Public Library, and Red Boiling Springs Branch Library for all of their prayers, words of comfort, love, and support in our time of grief.

The time is drawing near for the 17th Annual Family Fitness Festival- Makin Macon Fit.

From the files of the Macon County Times June, 1988 20 Years Ago *Macon and thirteen other counties received federal drought aid.

Macon County Sheriff's Office Dispatcher Jean McGuffy was on duty last week, fielding rescue calls during Thursday afternoon's flash floods.

LIVE AND LET LIVE Steve and Nancy Paxson, old friends who live down Sycamore Valley way on the Peytons Creek Road, called me a few weeks back much concerned by the giant &#8220Japanese hornets" that had nested near their home.

Macon County Commissioners tackled a lengthy agenda in a nearly three-hour Committee of the Whole meeting on Mon., May 7. The first item passed on to the full body meeting was a resolution to retire Deputy K-9 Buzz, a Belgian Malinois who has served the Macon County Sheriff's Department as a narcotics detection officer.

Receivership Management, of Brentwood, TN, filed a motion in Chancery Court, on August 31, to accept the $250,000 bid for the RBS Gas Company submitted by Community Initiatives, a nonprofit organization in Cookeville, according to Rob Moore the Chief Operating Officer for Receivership Management.

The Macon County Shriner Club gathered in Lafayette on Thursday afternoon, April 1, to promote its upcoming annual paper sale.

A Good Friday sunrise lights up the outside of the Macon County Times office at 7:30 a.m. this morning.

From the files of the Macon County Times June 1975, 33 Years Ago * Kendra Dale Carr, daughter of Mr.