By Debbie Gregory

A group of anxious property owners attended the Macon County Planning Commission Meeting last Tuesday night, to protest the 157 acre gun range approved to be located on Dry Branch Road, in the southern part of the county, only to be told they were too late, because it was a “done deal.”

Kyle Shoulders has accepted the position of MCHS football coach at Macon County High School.

The 24th Annual Hot Rod Power Tour rolled through Lafayette on Sunday, June 10th, with a reported 6,000 vehicles traveling city to city with Chattanooga, Tennessee, one of the designated stops.

Tennessee's oldest bank is honored to begin serving the Macon County community following the merger with Capital Bank.

By Debbie Gregory

Twenty-four-year-old Tyler B. Manning, of Lafayette, faces a charge of unlawful possession of a weapon (handgun), after he was reported walking on Browning Branch Road in Hartsville at approximately 5:44 a.m. on June 15.

By: Jessie Williams

Pack up the lawn chairs and bring the entire family out to the 43rd Annual Macon County Hillbilly Days event sponsored by the Lafayette Lions and Lioness Lions Clubs on June 21, 22 and 23 at Key Park.

Lafayette, TN – June 13, 2018 – Citizens Bank announced today that it has broken ground on an expansion and renovation of their main office facility at 400 Highway 52 in Lafayette.  The renovation of 18,000 square feet of existing space, plus a two-story expansion of almost 5,000 square feet, will provide workspace for 45 additional employees.

By Jessie Williams

Over 100 marijuana plants were seized and destroyed by Macon County Sheriff’s Department detectives on Monday, June 4. 

By Debbie Gregory

Two Macon County people were airlifted for medical treatment following a one vehicle rollover wreck that ejected them both, late Friday afternoon, June 8. 

Local authorities are on the hunt for suspects who paid for items using counterfeit money at a Macon County market last week.