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RBS Annual Antique Car Show and Duck Day This Weekend
The 67th Annual Middle Tennessee Region of the Antique Automobile Club of America (Mid-TN AACA) Fall Meet Antique Car Show will be held his weekend, Friday & Saturday, September 8 and 9, 2023, on the grounds of the Thomas House Hotel in historic Red Boiling Springs. This is the longest and largest car show in…
Read MoreRBS Starmart Robbed at Gunpoint
By Jessie Williams The Starmart in Red Boiling Springs was robbed at gunpoint by three individuals last Friday night. According to Red Boiling Springs Police Chief Joseph Woodard, a male individual in a black mask and black jacket entered the market around 9:30 p.m. and held the clerk at gunpoint while another male and a…
Read MoreCommission Fired Up Over $5K Fire Department Fair Bill
By Misty Green At the August 21st gathering of the Macon County Commissioners, the topic of the recent Fair was brought up by District #8 Commissioner Bobby Ray King, who was inquiring about the gross outcome for this year’s carnival, to see if it had grown from the previous year. Although the grand totals are…
Read MoreDeadly Saturday on Macon County Roads: Two Die in Two Separate Wrecks
By Debbie Gregory Two people lost their lives in two separate wrecks in Macon County on Saturday afternoon, August 19. The Macon County Sheriff’s Department investigated the first wreck, which occurred at approximately 1:50 p.m. on Hwy. 10 North (Scottsville Road), at the Ray Jones Circle intersection. According to the investigating officer, 73-year-old Ralph Duffer,…
Read MoreWoodard Hired as New RBS Police Chief
By Misty Green It was announced on Monday afternoon, August 21, 2023, that the Red Boiling Springs Police Department has hired Joseph Woodard to fill the position of Chief of Police. Woodard is a former detective K-9 handler at the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, who began his career in law enforcement with the Sheriff’s Department…
Read MoreRBS Hires First Full-Time Fireman
By Misty Green The Red Boiling Springs City Council met on Thursday, August 10th and approved hiring the first full time fireman, Michael Duffer, who is scheduled to begin his position on August 21. Duffer has been employed with the Lafayette Fire Department for 29 years, twelve of those years as a part-time employee. “I…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Arrested After Evading Police
By Jessie Williams A 25-year-old, wanted man was recently arrested after evading law enforcement on his motorcycle last month. According to the affidavit of complaint filed by patrolman Taylor Boxold of the Lafayette Police Department, he observed a black motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed on Hwy 52 West while on patrol, July…
Read MoreEMT Classes in Trousdale County
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) shortage is sweeping across the country and Trousdale County is offering EMT classes to help the situation in rural Middle Tennessee. The Basic EMT class will start August 14, and will meet on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night from 6 till 9 at the Hartsville Trousdale Fire Department. Former Macon…
Read MoreRoutine Patrol Turns Tragic
By Debbie Gregory The Macon County Sheriff’s Department lost one of their own early Saturday morning, July 29, when 55-year-old Sergeant William Cherry was killed in a two-vehicle crash while on routine patrol, at approximately 12:30 a.m. People came out, they watched and they mourned on Saturday afternoon as blue lights could be seen coming…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Arrested for 2nd Degree Murder in Macon County
By Jessie Williams A 31-year-old Riverside, California, man was arrested last week for second degree murder in the March 2020 death of Heidi Ann Kettles in Lafayette. According to a copy of the sealed indictment handed down by the Macon County Grand Jury during a special session on August 2, 2021, enough evidence was presented…
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