By Jessie Williams

The Macon County Sheriff’s Department has recently announced its plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

By Mark Darnell

Sources confirmed Monday morning that Macon County had experienced the first death due to complications of the Covid-19 pandemic.

By Debbie Gregory

A special called meeting of the Red Boiling Springs City Council was held at City Hall on Monday, March 2 at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Kenneth Hollis presided with the following council members present: McCrary, Rich, Smalling, Carver and McGowan.

Macon Community Hospital is committed to providing the highest quality care and ensuring the safety of our patients, employees, providers, volunteers and visitors. We are continuing to monitor the evolving situation with the coronavirus (COVID-19) and are taking the necessary steps to ensure we are fully prepared to care for patients, in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with our local and state health departments.

By Debbie Gregory

A Macon County jury deliberated for four and a half hours on Friday, March 6, before finding 33-year-old Rodney Garrett, of Antioch, a co-defendant in a Macon County double homicide, guilty of two counts of facilitation of first degree murder in the shooting deaths of two people at a residence on New Harmony Road in 2017. 

Eighteen-year-old Austin Dale Sanders, of Macon County, was charged on March 22 with statutory rape, sexual battery, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and two counts of solicitation of a person under the age of 18.

As the United States faces the worst public health crisis in a generation, we want you to know we are here for you — and with you.

By: Jessie Williams

Twelve-year-old Trinity Nash, a Macon County 4-H member, has sewn 444 masks for healthcare workers in and around Macon County since starting her mission on Friday, March 20.

On Monday, March 16, Governor Bill Lee issued a statement in response to the Coronavirus urging every school district in Tennessee to close as soon as practically possible, with all schools expected to close by Friday, March 20, 2020, at the latest. Schools should remain closed through March 31, to further mitigate the spread of the infectious disease, and further guidance will be issued prior to March 31. 

By Jessie Williams

A drive-up COVID-19 testing center has been established in Macon County by the local health department with assistance from the Tennessee National Guard.