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RBS Jr High Boys Basketball Action

   By Wally Etheridge         The Red Boiling Springs JR. High boys were coming off a loss to Celina and were in no mood to let the Smith County Owls stick around very long as they used their full court pressure defense to force the Owls into numerous turnovers as they raced out to a…

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Linda Edwards Mims Hudson, 66

   Mrs. Linda Edwards Mims Hudson, age 66, of Lafayette, TN passed away, Saturday evening, November 12, 2011 at her residence. Funeral Services for Mrs. Linda Edwards Mims Hudson were conducted Monday afternoon, November 14, 2011 at 1 p.m. from the chapel of the Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Red Boiling Springs with Elder…

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Ruth Thomas Froedge, 87

    Ruth Thomas Froedge, age 87, of Lafayette, TN passed away on November 9, 2011 at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin, TN. Funeral Services for Ruth Froedge were conducted on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Anderson & Son Funeral Home in Lafayette, TN with Jerry Mercer officiating. Zach Jiles,…

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The Season for Fall Plowing

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Conald B. Jenkins, 62

  Mr. Conald B. Jenkins, age 62, of Lafayette, TN passed away November 2, 2011 at Skyline Medical Center. Funeral services for Conald Jenkins were conducted Saturday, November 5th, at 2 p.m. from the Alexander Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Kyle Gammons officiating.  Serving as Pallbearers were: Cody Jenkins, Gary Jenkins, Terry Jenkins, Matthew Dodd,…

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Dezma Day Hoskin, 83

  Dezma Day Hoskin, age 83 of the Cross Lanes community of Macon County passed away on Sunday October 30, 2011 at the Hendersonville Medical Center. Funeral Services for Ms. Dezma D. Hoskin were conducted on Wednesday November 2nd at 2pm from the Chapel of the Alexander Funeral Home with Bro. David Simmons officiating. Earl…

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The Purpose of Polls

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MCHS Girls XC takes Third in the State

  By Mark Darnell    The MCHS Girls finished in 3rd place in the 2011 TSSAA, A-AA State Cross Country meet. The State Meet was held Saturday, November 5 at the Steeplechase Course at Nashville’s Percy Warner Park. Thursday October 27, Macon County’s Girls won the Region 5 A-AA title on the same course.

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My View from the Pressbox – Liberty Tech

  By Tim Case   For the 1st time since 1969 and 1970 and for only the 2nd time in school history, the MCHS Tigers advance to the playoffs in back to back seasons.  The MCHS Tigers won the last 2 games of the regular season to advance to the 1st round of the TSSAA…

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RBSJH Boys Lose at Celina

By Wally Etheridge       What a difference in home court advantage means was on display last thursday night as The Celina Bulldogs got even for the lopsided loss to Red Boiling Springs last week. This time the game was played at Celina and the kids from Clay Co. were victorius 45-39.

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