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Macon Teachers Get Updated SAVE Act training
Historically, a part of the Macon County teachers’ annual in-service training has focused upon Active Attack training. The focus of this training is to teach our educators the proper response during an active attacker situation on campus and includes training on how to treat and stop traumatic bleeding resulting from serious wounds. This includes using…
Read MoreNew Details Emerge in Local Teen’s Murder
By Jessie Williams The suspect accused of the murder of 17-year-old Macon County High School student Trinity Bostic will remain in custody. Hendersonville police have named 17-year-old Fernando Perales Mejia, of Westmoreland, as the suspect after phone records revealed the two were together for roughly eight hours on the day Bostic went missing, June 29,…
Read MoreTeen’s Remains Discovered in Sumner County, 17-Year-Old Arrested for Murder
By Misty Green On the night of June 29th, 2024, the Macon County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a runaway juvenile Trinity Bostic. During the investigation, Sheriff Deputies gathered information from family and friends regarding her possible whereabouts. Trinity’s cell phone number was obtained, and immediately they began to trace her location, which led…
Read MoreSingle Engine Plane Crashes at Lafayette Municipal Airport
By Debbie Gregory On Sunday afternoon, July 7, a single engine, experimental Super Drifter Float Plane crashed at the Lafayette Municipal Airport shortly after 3 p.m. There were two people in the plane, including the owner and pilot Roger Richardson and passenger, Chris Nickens, both of Hendersonville, Tennessee. According to Richard Thomas, who operates Sky…
Read MoreLafayette Little League Sends Two Teams to State
By Mark Darnell Two teams from the Lafayette Little League have advanced to their respective State Tournaments. The league offered softball for the first time this season. Big congratulations should go to the league as their 10U All-Star team advanced to the State Tournament as the District 2 Champions for the first time ever. The…
Read MoreVocational School Option in the Hands of the People
By Misty Green The Macon County governing body approved this past Monday night, June 17th to allow Macon County Attorney Guy Holliman to draft a resolution to place the question of a $36 wheel tax increase on the November election ballot, letting the taxpayers decide if they could approve an increased taxes, while also deciding…
Read More18 Counts of Sexual Exploitation of Minor
By Jessie Williams A 29-year-old Westmoreland man was arrested last week after being indicted on 18 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor by a Macon County Grand Jury on June 3, 2024. According to Macon County Detective Jacob McClard, the 18 charges come in addition to 17 charges of aggravated sexual exploitation of a…
Read MoreCharter Changes Leads to Big Salary Increase for Future RBS Mayor
By Misty Green The final changes to the Red Boiling Springs City Charter are still being discussed, however, the issue of updating the salaries for the positions of Mayor and City Council members was unanimously voted to a substantial increase during the Thursday, June 13th meeting. The salaries of the governing body were previously set…
Read More12 Bags of Meth Found In Man’s Bedroom
By Jessie Williams A 46-year-old Westmoreland man was found to have 12 bags of methamphetamine in his bedroom after local law enforcement executed a search warrant on June 5, 2024. According to the affidavit of complaint Macon County Detective Jacob McClard, along with other deputies and detectives, executed the search warrant at 1891 Clifty Road,…
Read More48th Annual Macon County Hillbilly Days, June 20-22
Macon County Hillbilly Days returns next week, and promises to provide entertainment for the entire family! The 48th Annual Macon County Hillbilly Days event, sponsored by the Lafayette Lions and Lioness Lions Clubs is set for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 20, 21 & 22, 2024, at Key Park, in Lafayette. Returning this year is…
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