Stories peppered throughout the community, after the deadly twister ripped through parts of Macon County on Tuesday night, February 5th, 2008, including the heartbreaking  account, two days later, of the tragic death of the Lafayette United Methodist Church pastor, Michael Welch, and his beloved family.

The wind came as the weatherman predicted. It shook Macon County so hard, that when I stood outside on the porch, I could actually feel the vibrations of the deadly twister that tore through the outskirts of the Lafayette city limits exactly one year ago, February 5th, 2008, leaving in it’s aftermath a trail of death and destruction twenty miles long.

Patty Gail Tomlinson, a 26-year-old employee at a Trousdale County daycare was arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery last week, after allegations that she had an ongoing, sexual relationship with a young boy.