Penny Irene Whitehouse pled guilty to 5 counts of animal cruelty last week in the Macon County courtroom of Judge John D. Wootten, after ten horse carcasses and one dead donkey were found in 2015 on the 20 plus acre, Taurus Farm Road property she formerly inhabited.

On Tuesday, February 7, from 4 pm. till 7 p.m., the Lafayette McDonald’s is participating in Ronald McDonald House Charities Night and 20% percent of all sales will be donated directly to the Ronald McDonald House in Nashville.

As January nears its end, the Macon County Chronicle is preparing for a special Valentines’s Day issue and we need your help!

Injuries and charges resulted when a car and truck collided head on in front of Coley’s Market on Highway 52 East on Thursday night, January 19.

Two suspects have been arrested for their alleged involvement in local theft and break-in cases.  According to detective Donnie Crawford, the Macon County Sheriffs Department received a report of a stolen truck and trailer, two chainsaws and a .22 rifle on January 10, 2017 from a residence on the westside of Macon County.