Members of the Lafayette Fire Department responded to a structure fire that leveled a home at 2969 Dry Branch Road, off Highway 10 South, on Saturday afternoon, September 20th.

Criminal Court will convene at the Macon County Justice Center on Monday, September 22, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. with Judge John Wootten presiding. According to the records of Macon County Circuit Court Clerk Rick Gann, various cases involving drugs, theft, DUI, assault, evading arrest and other charges will be heard.

To celebrate the season, merchants on the Lafayette Public Square are extending an invitation to everyone to join them for the sixth annual Fall Funfest on the Square set for Saturday, October 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

(Eddie West, Carthage Courier, contributed to this article) On Thursday, September 4, two Macon County men were involved in a reckless high speed police chase that began in Smith County and ended in a field in neighboring Trousdale County.

Knollwood Manor and The White House Assisted Living invite everyone to come out and celebrate the fall season by attending the 9th Annual Ferrell Meador Apple Festival this Saturday, September 13, on the grounds of The White House Assisted Living facility in Lafayette.

On August 26, 2014 Jed and Leslie Goad, of the Oak Grove community in Red Boiling Springs, received the news that no parent wants to hear when a medical team at Vanderbilt University diagnosed their eight-month-old baby boy, Easton, with liver cancer.

A call came in around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday, August 28, that the home of Mayor Willie Brown, in Red Boiling Springs, was on fire. His residence is located at 527 Bennett Hill Road.

Phil Russell, age 48, of Lafayette, was selected last week as the new 911 Director, following the departure of  Steve Jones, who was elected as the Macon County Mayor in August.