By Jessie Williams
A year-long joint investigation between the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, the Red Boiling Springs Police Department, the Lafayette Police Department and the Tennessee High Patrol has resulted in the arrest of Red Boiling Springs Mayor Joel Rae Coe, and the discovery of a long-rumored pill press that has supplied our community with thousands of illegal narcotic drugs including Heroin, Meth, Morphine, Ecstasy and Fentanyl.
By Debbie Gregory
Another year has come and gone, and it’s time once again for The Terry “Jackhammer” Driver Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Truck & Tractor Pull this Saturday night, May 11th, 2019, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Macon County Fairgrounds. The Middle Tennessee Puller’s Association, LLC (MTPA), will be presented by the Lafayette Fire Department and admission is: $12; 6-12 years, $7.00; 5 & under is free.
By Jessie Williams
A Westmoreland man who was seen chasing a woman with a machete last Sunday, was detained by authorities after attempting to flee.
By Jessie Williams
A road rage incident led to the assault of a Macon County man on Wixtown Road last Friday, May 10.
By Debbie Gregory
Kinsley Rayne Dodson, infant daughter of Dusty and Elizabeth Dodson, was born on February 27 with a heart condition, and she needs our help.
By Jessie Williams
Thanks to a nearby security camera, Red Boiling Springs police were able to identify the suspect who allegedly set an RBS Police Department patrol car on fire Monday, April 15.
By Debbie Gregory
Sixty-three-year-old Larry Wayne Shockley, of Lafayette, was killed in a farming accident last Friday.
By Debbie Gregory
A Lebanon man, who was a co-defendant in a Macon County double homicide, was convicted of two counts of first degree premeditated murder last Friday by a jury in the Macon County Criminal Court.
An investigation by the TBI to uncover the events that led to the deaths of seven people in Westmoreland, is continuing this week after suspect Michael Cummins was taken into custody Saturday night following a massive manhunt.
By Jessie Williams
A canister containing a meth rock was discovered inside the body cavity of a Lafayette woman last week as she was being booked into the Macon County Jail.
