Macon County Chronicle
Let the People Decide: Wheel Tax Increase for New Vocational School Heads to Nov. 2024 Ballot
By Misty Green Macon County Commissioners voted this past Monday night, May 20th to allow Macon County Attorney Guy Holliman to draft a resolution to place the question of adding a $38 wheel tax increase, in order to fund the construction of a new vocational school on the November election ballot, letting the taxpayers also…
Read MoreChild Pornography Found on Man’s Cell Phone
By Jessie Williams A Macon County man was arrested last week after child pornography was extracted from his cell phone by Secret Service agents. Events leading up to the arrest began on Friday. April 19, when a sex offender compliance check was performed at a Maple Lane residence in Westmoreland. Living at the residence were…
Read MoreMacon County Takes Gold in TN Special Olympics
By Misty Green The Tennessee Special Olympics were held on May 17-18 at Lipscomb University and Macon County’s own Gracie Woodall earned the gold medal in the bocce ball competition. Special Olympics is a movement built on inclusion, where every person is accepted and welcomed, regardless of ability or disability. Through the Special Olympics, the…
Read MoreCelebrate Hospital Week 2024: Join Us in Honoring Our Healthcare Heroes!
Dear Community Members, We are delighted to announce that Hospital Week 2024 is officially underway! From now until May 18th, we have a series of exciting events and activities planned to honor and celebrate the incredible dedication and hard work of our healthcare professionals. Hospital Week is a special time to recognize the invaluable contributions…
Read MoreArson Suspect Says God Told Her to Start Fire
By Jessie Williams A Hartsville woman arrested for arson and burglary, told law enforcement it was God who told her to start a fire that caused significant damage to a Howell Road residence. According to the report filed by Detective Byron Butcher of the Macon County Sheriff’s Department, 29-year-old Savannah Brook Rhodes entered the uninhabited…
Read MoreTony Day Elected Mayor of Lafayette
Tony Day, local businessman, unopposed in his bid for mayor of Lafayette, polled 86 votes in last Thursday’s Lafayette Municipal Election. Elected to fill three city council seats were incumbent Jason Phelps (70 votes), incumbent Roger Jones (62 votes) and newcomer Dale Hix (68 votes). They were the only three candidates who qualified. All four…
Read MoreLafayette Municipal Election Day This Thursday
The Lafayette Municipal Election will take place this Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. City residents will elect a mayor and three city council members. There was no early voting in this election, due to only enough candidates to fill each position, according to…
Read MoreMan Exposes Himself to Juveniles in Parking Lot
By Jessie Williams Twenty-nine-year-old Cody Dewayne Chastain, of Westmoreland, was charged with indecent exposure and two counts of soliciting sexual exploitation of a minor after exposing himself to a woman and two female juveniles. According to a report filed by Detective Jeff Hix of the Lafayette Police Department, Chastain was sitting inside his vehicle in…
Read MoreSon Charged in Arson of Disabled Father’s Home
By Jessie Williams A Lafayette man has been charged with arson after allegedly starting a fire in the crawl space of his disabled father’s home in 2023. According to the affidavit of complaint filed by Macon County Detective Byron Butcher, 30-year-old Troy ‘Hayden’ White intentionally started the fire underneath his father’s home on July 15,…
Read MoreMan Arrested for Theft & Scrapping of Vehicles
By Jessie Williams A suspect was interviewed and arrested after five vehicles were stolen from a woman and her father at a residence on Skillet Creek Road. The woman told law enforcement the property had been broken into and the titles to the five vehicles, kept inside the house, were gone. During the course of…
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