Members of the Willette Volunteer Fire Department were exhausted last week after fighting two raging fires on Monday and Wednesday, February 10 & 12. Chief Danny Dozier was in charge of both fire scenes.

Four young people, three from Macon County, were hurt in a wreck last Monday night, February 3, on Union Hill Road in Clay County, and the impact of the crash was so severe it knocked the engine out of the car.

Charges stacked up against Allen Michael Gee, including driving a stolen vehicle, after Macon County Sheriffs Office Sgt. Michael Veatch, stopped him in Macon County on Saturday morning, February 8, following a gas drive off in Gamaliel, Kentucky. He is 28 years old and lives on Dogwood Lane in Red Boiling Springs.

It was a long road to recovery after a tornado shook Macon County on February 5, 2008, and the only way to truly understand the magnitude of what happened is to start from the very beginning.

Aimy Walker, of Tompkinsville, Kentucky, was transported to Tompkinsville Medical Center (TMC) to be treated for a head injury following a single-vehicle wreck on Gamaliel Road last Tuesday, January 28.

As scams continue to filter across the United States, Detective Jason Roberts, of the Lafayette Police Department, has uncovered more victims after a phone call from a man in Austin, Texas. He wants to warn everybody to beware of anything unusual that immediately sends up a red flag!

Macon County was well represented at the 92nd Annual Tennessee Association of Fairs Convention that was held the weekend of January 18th with Sally Wells receiving the prestigious Thornton Taylor Award. She was honored for the work she has done for the Tennessee Association of Fairs and the Macon County Fair for 31 years.