RBSHS Bulldogs Head to Playoffs!
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs High School football team will travel to South Pittsburgh on November 8, 2024 for the Playoffs, with the game time set to begin at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs ended regular season play 3-7 this past Friday night, with a 25-47 defeat by Jo Bryns. See more Red Boiling…
Read MorePhillip Snow is the New Vice Mayor of Macon County, TN
By Misty Green The governing body of Macon County, Tennessee gathered together on Monday, October 21, 2024 and voted to place District 1 Commissioner Phillip Snow as the new Vice-Mayor (Vice-Chair) position in case Macon County Mayor Steve Jones is unavailable to serve. The following were named in the Election of Notaries: Renee Austin, Paulette…
Read MoreNew Health Department Designed for Next Pandemic
By Misty Green The announcement made during the Macon County Committee of the Whole meeting on September 3rd revealed plans for the construction of a new health department next spring. The purpose of this new facility is to anticipate and prepare for future scenarios, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that necessitate large-scale vaccination efforts. In…
Read MoreMacon County Judicial Commission Changes: Wallace Resigns, Thomas Elected
By Misty Green During the August 19, 2024 gathering of the Macon County governing body, Teresa Thomas was elected as the newest Judicial Commissioner, after it was announced that the previous Judicial Commissioner William Wallace had resigned. Mr. Wallace was hired for the part-time J.C. position on February 20, 2024. By August 5th, during the…
Read More9-Year-Old Qualifies for Bull Riding World Finals
What did you dream about becoming when you were still a child? For nine-year-old Braylon Austin of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, his plans for the future is to become the next J.B. Mauney, the seven-million-dollar-bull-rider, and in achieving that dream, he has ridden his way into the qualifiers of the PYRA (Professional Youth Roughstock Association)…
Read MoreBabyNov Request for PILOT Extension Denied
By Misty Green Lafayette, TN, August 5, 2024 – BabyNov USA, a subsidiary of French organic baby food manufacturer Global Baby, established its first U.S. production facility in Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee in October 2020, after the company purchased the former Nestle Waters plant in Red Boiling Springs, beginning operations in mid-2021. Fast forward to…
Read MoreBig Changes in RBS City
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs City Council met on Thursday, August 8, 2024, and voted to approve several changes such as officially naming a new police chief, an addition to the Historical District Map, and pay raises in the police department that will place them near the top of the list in law…
Read MoreCommissioner Comments Moratorium in County Meeting
By Misty Green Picking up where the story left off concerning the July 1st Macon County Commissioners meeting… District 8 Commissioner Bobby Ray King commented during the last Committee of the Whole meeting to consider a moratorium and press pause on any more county spending for a while. A moratorium is a temporary suspension of…
Read MoreTeen’s Remains Discovered in Sumner County, 17-Year-Old Arrested for Murder
By Misty Green On the night of June 29th, 2024, the Macon County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a runaway juvenile Trinity Bostic. During the investigation, Sheriff Deputies gathered information from family and friends regarding her possible whereabouts. Trinity’s cell phone number was obtained, and immediately they began to trace her location, which led…
Read MoreVocational School Option in the Hands of the People
By Misty Green The Macon County governing body approved this past Monday night, June 17th to allow Macon County Attorney Guy Holliman to draft a resolution to place the question of a $36 wheel tax increase on the November election ballot, letting the taxpayers decide if they could approve an increased taxes, while also deciding…
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