"Built to Last" was a popular slogan used by the Ford Motor Corporation beginning in 1998. You have to admit that it is catchy. "Built to Last" has a nice ring to it.
Bu...
The Macon County Times recently received three awards from the Tennessee Sports Writers Association (TSWA).
In the TSWA writing competition, editor Craig Harris...
Macon County High School graduate Russell Smith -- a singer, songwriter and co-founder of the roots rock band Amazing Rhythm Aces (best known for their 1975 hit "Third Rate Ro...
Macon County Schools is among the districts that will be impacted by Tennessee's new salary schedule, which will see teachers paid a minimum of $36,000 effective on July 1.
The Macon County Board of Education discussed the possibility of halting work on a series of school additions at its meeting held last Thursday evening as its members await th...
Red Boiling Springs City Council member Lee Butram's 8-year-old daughter, Emily, has accompanied him to council meetings for two years, but last Thursday evening, the two foun...
Macon County Sheriff's Office
Merri Monica Law, 34, the 300 block of Hilldale Estates Lane, Lafayette, charged with violation of probation on July 8 by Officer Bryon Sat...
A Lafayette man was arrested after allegedly assaulting his wife, threatening her with a butcher knife and endangering her four children.
Steven Ray Wooden, Jr., 26, fac...
As the Macon County Commission considers raising property tax (16.7 cents per $100 of appraised value) and wheel tax ($15 per vehicle) to balance the county's general fund, ci...
Lafayette-born Connie Goodman is a third-generation funeral director, an upbringing she credits for one of her favorite hobbies ... cemetery hunting.
Goodman and her fri...
A proposed 16.7-cent increase to the county's property-tax rate would see homeowners paying an additional $42 per $100,000 of residential property for the current fiscal year ...
The Lafayette City Council discussed two rezoning amendments at its regular meeting on July 2.
The council approved the rezoning of property located at the north side of...
A Lafayette man was arrested after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend while driving on a suspended license.
Nicholas Charles Mason, 29, faces multiple charges following...
A Lafayette man was arrested after allegedly wrecking a truck, fleeing the scene and assaulting a female passenger.
Jessie Allen Newberry, 24, faces multiple charges fol...
"For with God, nothing shall be impossible."
That Bible verse, found in Luke 1:37, has driven Lafayette residents Justin and Marcy Samples through their efforts to have ...