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The Red Boiling Springs City Council approved the first reading of the 2024-25 budget and set the tax rate last Thursday.

The May 7 city of Lafayette council meeting began with a public hearing at 4:55 p.m. to allow anyone to ask questions about or add comments regarding the 2025 fiscal year tax rate and budget.

Nineteen-year-old Brady Copas is just like any other young man, enjoying most of the things that others do. He is also special in ways that might not seem apparent right off.

Several athletes from the Macon County Track & Field competed in Sectionals at Fairview High School May 9 and 10. The two top performers were Malachi Rice and Coby Smith.

Last Friday night was an historic moment for people across the United States. People as far south as New Mexico were able to see the Northern Lights. Tennessee residents were treated with a very rare treat as the lights were very visible into early Saturday morning.

Beans & Leaf’s Coffee Cafe first opened its doors on Dec. 31, 2021. Since then, their business has grown exponentially, and owners Sheri Garrott and her daughter, Felicia Wilson, have not only gained a great customer base, but gained many friends as well.

After serving one term, Jerry Wilmore is ready to hand over the duties of mayor of the city of Lafayette, Tennessee, to Tony Day, who is running unopposed this year for city mayor. Wilmore says he is for the most part satisfied with how things have gone during his four years as Lafayette cit…

Former SRO officer Aaron Shipley was awarded officer of the year in the first 95.5 NASH ICON awards. Shipley received the award for his bravery and selfless act during the Macon County 2022 homecoming parade in Lafayette.

Macon County resident and veteran Ronnie Mowell, along with 12 other service members and veterans, were honored by the QOV (Quilts of Valor) foundation in Alexandria on April 20. The foundation was started in 2003 by Catherine Roberts, who had at that time, a son that was deployed in Iraq. A…

Vaping has become a national crisis in the United States. As of 2020, there have been 2,807 hospitalized cases of e-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury, resulting in 68 deaths. One in 20 Americans vape, according to CDC research.

The Macon County Highway Department, which has been dealing with leaking roofs throughout its facility for years, will finally get much needed repairs. On April 15, the county commission voted unanimously to assist with funding for the Highway Department to be able to get the needed work done.

John Meador, a Macon county native, returned home last Saturday with his music group

The Hartsville-Trousdale County Animal Shelter recounted the most recent cases of animal cruelty and abandonment, as three young Labrador retriever puppies — perhaps from the same litter — were found under the Carter Branch Road bridge in Hartsville.

Coffee house favorite Beans & Leaf’s hosted their first Cruise-In, Coffee and Cars last Saturday. Felicia Wilson, who helps her mother Sheri run the local hot spot, says that the event was a huge success.

Last year, Macon County lost a dedicated law officer when Sgt. William Cherry was killed by a drunk driver in a head-on collision while on duty. Through the pain of losing her husband, Aletheia Fox Cherry has created a scholarship in his name as a way of honoring and remembering him.

If you listen to the local radio show in Lafayette each morning, you know the voice that brings the community to life. Don Blankenship is in his 10th year at Country 102’s Get up and Go Show on WLCT/WEEN radio, Lafayette Broadcasting. It’s a position that kind of just happened for him, and h…

Last weekend, the United Special Sportsman Alliance, Inc. of Wisconsin granted the wishes of 14 disabled youth and veterans by providing them a once-in-a-lifetime Tennessee hunting adventure, which began on Friday and concluded on Sunday.

64-year-old Gene Martino has seen and done many different things in life. The Lafayette United Methodist reverend has lived in places around the world — which led to him having the opportunity to learn how to become a world class jouster.

Red Boiling Springs 8th graders prepare for life during their annual career fair.

During the Macon County Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, April 1, District 8 commissioner Bobby Ray King was on the agenda to ask about Macon Helps, and where its funds actually go.