LPD Officer Jeff Hix found more violations than he bargained for after a traffic stop on Wednesday, January 15, led to the arrest of several individuals on meth-related charges, which were initiated in conjunction with the Macon County Sheriffs Office.

Construction has started on the staging area/morgue that was a part of the Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $3,058,970, in a disaster recovery application following the 2008 tornado and 2010 flood.

Lafayette resident Chuck Cowan is dead following a Monday morning, January 13th, single-vehicle wreck in Sumner County.

A Macon County Sheriffs Office deputy was injured in a three-vehicle collision at a bad spot near the bottom of the Highway 10 South hill.

The Lafayette Police Department has arrested 24-year-old Eric Matias Pacheco, of 702 Courthouse View, for stabbing two people inside an apartment.

Only four days after Christmas another serious wreck happened on the infamous Highway 10 South hill hurting a woman driver and two male juvenile passengers.

Ben Bray, Broker/Auctioneer for Ben Bray Real Estate & Auction Company, is getting ready for Saturday morning, January 11, 2014, when he will take the platform to conduct the 4th Annual St. Jude Charity Auction. The event will be at the Sally Wells Building, located at the Macon County Fairgrounds, in Lafayette, beginning at 10:00…

Highway 10 North, near the White Farm Road intersection, was the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday morning, December 18. Three people were transported, two to Gallatin by ground ambulance and one carried by medical helicopter to Nashville.

Over the weekend the spring like temperatures produced a strong band of storms that blew in from the west on Saturday night, December 21.

The Macon County Education Foundation, Inc. (MCEF) awarded $14,000.00 to fund 13 projects in Macon County schools and daycares.