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MCHS Tigers Capture Region 4AAA Title
By Mark Darnell The Macon County Tiger baseball team hosted the Region 4AAA baseball playoff this past weekend in Lafayette. The Tigers brought home their first Region Championship. Macon opened the weekend with a game against Livingston Academy on Friday night on May 8. The Tigers wasted little time as the top of the order…
Read MoreMacon County May 5, 2026 Primary Election Results
By Macon County Chronicle The unofficial results of the county wide primaries have been recorded. The primary was on Tuesday May 5, 2026. There were a total of 3,839 total votes cast which represents a 23.5% voter turnout (out of 16,328 registered voters). There were primaries for both the Republican and Democratic parties. In the…
Read MoreFormer Lafayette Police Captain Passes Away
Retired United States Army Command Sergeant Major and Lafayette Police Captain Henry Behr passed away on Thursday in Overton County Tennessee. Sgt. Major Behr was a native of Dallas TX and moved to Celina TN after retiring from a decorated career serving nearly 27 years in the U.S. Army in several major conflicts. Shortly after…
Read MoreCouple Arrested with Meth & Fentanyl
By Jessie Williams A Red Boiling Springs couple was arrested last week following a routine traffic stop for possession of fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to a report filed by a Macon County Sheriff’s Department deputy, a white Dodge truck with a broken tail light was observed traveling east on Highway 52 on the night of…
Read MoreFire Claims Three Local Businesses, Following Winter Storm
By Mark Darnell This past weekend Macon County was hit hard by Winter Storm Fern from Saturday January 24th extending into the next week. Precipitation started falling Saturday morning and continued throughout the evening, beginning with snow then sleet then freezing rain. Some estimates say that for every half inch of ice on a limb…
Read MoreRBS Woman Killed in Smith County Wreck
By Debbie Gregory Forty-year-old Sandi Watson, of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, was killed in a two vehicle wreck in Smith County on Wednesday afternoon, December 31, 2025. According to the preliminary crash report provided by the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Sandi Watson was driving eastbound on Hwy. 70, in Smith County, in a 1999 Mazda B25,…
Read MoreJuly 4th Fireworks Event to be Held at Winding Stairs
By Misty Green Lafayette City Mayor Tony Day is excited to announce that a free community July 4th Fireworks Event has been planned for this coming Friday night, and along with a marvelous firework display provided by Dale Hix, this evening will also be offering food that can be purchased from several different kinds of…
Read MoreMacon County Judicial Commission Changes: Wallace Resigns, Thomas Elected
By Misty Green During the August 19, 2024 gathering of the Macon County governing body, Teresa Thomas was elected as the newest Judicial Commissioner, after it was announced that the previous Judicial Commissioner William Wallace had resigned. Mr. Wallace was hired for the part-time J.C. position on February 20, 2024. By August 5th, during the…
Read MoreCommissioner Comments Moratorium in County Meeting
By Misty Green Picking up where the story left off concerning the July 1st Macon County Commissioners meeting… District 8 Commissioner Bobby Ray King commented during the last Committee of the Whole meeting to consider a moratorium and press pause on any more county spending for a while. A moratorium is a temporary suspension of…
Read MoreThomas Kidd Retires as CEO of Macon Community Hospital
By Debbie Gregory On Friday, January 5th, Mr. Thomas Kidd, CEO of Macon Community Hospital, was honored with a retirement celebration at the Jenkins Center, with a host of family, friends, colleagues and special guests dropping by to wish him well as he heads into the next chapter of his life. After 20 years at…
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