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Man’s back broken when tractor pins him
A local man broke his back in three places when his tractor overturned on top of him, trapping him between tractor and plow on Tuesday. Donnie Morgan was plowing a field that he’d leased for tobacco off of Jack Porter Road when his front wheels, on a slightly higher grade, simply left the ground. “The wheels of the front end of the tractor were up on the pavement,” said his wife, Annette, Lafayette City Recorder. “He was looking back at t...
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99 marijuana plants discovered at RBS residence
Ninety-nine marijuana plants were found at a Red Boiling Springs residence on Wednesday. The Sheriff Department received a tip in the afternoon that husband and wife Kent and Jennifer Bolton were growing marijuana on their property at 2220 Willette Road. Three officers responded to the call: Det. Darrell Taylor, Sgt. Michael Veatch and Sgt. Ron Smith. “We just followed up on the tip and went over there and did a knock-n-talk,” said Taylor...
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Board of Education approves 5-year plan
The Macon County Board of Education approved a five year plan for the school system during their April 11 meeting. The plan was developed by a special Five Year Plan Committee made up of Patricia Ferguson (technology), Cindy Gammons (Title 1), Rebecca Tuttle (Board member) Shawn Carter (Supervisor of Instruction) and Margaret Oldham (Director of Schools). It outlines detailed, long range goals in a variety of departments within the school...
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Tsubaki job fair Tuesday in Macon
Macon County Government will host a job fair in conjunction with U.S. Tsubaki Automotive, LLC Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Welcome Center in Lafayette from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon. Tsubaki Automotive is located in Portland, TN and has immediate need for production assembler positions for both the first and second shifts, as well as production material handler position for the second shift. Applicants will be interviewed/screened and tested ...
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Memory Lane
Down Memory Lane
April 17, 1975 37 Years Ago *The Macon County Court voted overwhelmingly in favor of renovating the old jail, at an estimated cost of $75,000. This was in favor of a proposed plan to build an enti...
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Down Memory Lane
March 25, 1993 19 Years Ago *Citizens Bank of Lafayette signed an agreement with Third National Bank of Nashville to purchase the assets and liabilities of the Third National Bank branch located in...
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Down Memory Lane
April 8, 1954 58 years ago *The North Central Telephone Cooperative, a new organization, switched over their Green Grove and Hillsdale telephone exchanges to dial service. With the completion of t...
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Down Memory Lane
June 11, 1968 44 Years Ago *In the wake of Martin Luther King’s assassination, columnist Charlie Gregory complains about the “overboard” mourning the country was engaged in. “You don’t see the flag...
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Down Memory Lane
A look back at things past
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People
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Lafayette Elementary’s annual Field Day
Photos by Tilly Cryar
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Brown-Miller to exchange vows
Wayland Brown and Venus Mancera of Lebanon and Wayne and Teresa Miller of Lafayette are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their children, Tanya and Alan. Tanya is the granddaughter of Robe...
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Birth: Daisy Daneal White
Phillip and Hollie White are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Daisy Daneal White. Daisy was born Feb. 13 at 8:49 p.m. at Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. She weighed 7 pound...
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Rose at day 90 of his weight loss program.
Rose says education, mindset behind 250-pound weight loss
Eric Rose says he has been struggling with his weight his entire life. "I'd been trying to lose the weight since I was about 12, and I'd done it all really. I was almost 250-300 pounds in junior h...
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