Over the course of my speaking career, I encountered many people who were smarter than I am. Here are a few of the great quotes I discovered.
Monday, March 11, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
I visited The Brim Hollow recently in hopes that I might see him. I stepped up on the big footstone and entered the old house where no one has lived for 60 years. Inside the workroom I looked for his faded denim jumper which always hung on a big nail. It being winter, his weathered, felt Ste…
Thursday, February 01, 2024
The long-running History Channel show American Pickers is returning to Tennessee this March and is searching for private collections to visit.
Thursday, January 04, 2024
Tennessee is home to scores of legendary songwriters, whose work and craft are celebrated worldwide.
Thursday, December 07, 2023
The Macon County Chamber of Commerce — led by director Jennifer Hardman — sponsors the annual Christmas parade that weaves through Lafayette.
Some of the members of Lafayette Elementary School’s Treble Makers choir rode together in Saturday’s Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade.
Representatives from Cornerstone Baptist Church in Carthage reminded parade attendees of the gift of Jesus Christ as they passed out promotional materials.
The Diamond Divas softball team tossed out candy during Saturday’s annual Macon County Christmas Parade.
Macon County 4-H had a Christmas Tree Farm on its float.
The Lafayette Fire Department was a part of the Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade.
The Grinch was on hand during last Saturday’s parade.
Sgt. William Cherry was remembered during Saturday’s parade by the Macon County Sheriff’s Department as an all-terrain vehicle was decorated in his honor.
Nancy Doss, who was the Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade grand marshal, waves to onlookers during Saturday afternoon’s parade.
WEEN radio was on site to provide broadcast coverage of the parade last Saturday. Pictured are: (seated, from left) Don Blankenship, Ronnie Mowell, (back row) Lindsey Lawrence, Linda McDonald and Ivan Davis.
The Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade was held on Saturday afternoon. See more photos on A3.
Band director Joey Wilburn walked with the Macon County High School band in last Saturday’s Macon County Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade.
Thursday, September 07, 2023
Over the course of 10 days, 739,315 people flocked to Lebanon to attend the Wilson County Fair-Tennessee State Fair.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Each year, area residents flock to the Macon County Fair to enjoy family fun and entertainment.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Laura Lee Bray was crowned as the fairest of the fair, with the pageant being held on July 29 at the Macon County Fairgrounds as part of the Macon County Fair.
Thursday, August 03, 2023
Macy Lynn Turner was selected as the Macon County Fair princess last weekend.
Macon County Fair LEGO building contest was held on Saturday morning in the Macon County Fairgrounds’ Martha Wilburn Pavilion.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
For decades, the Macon County Fair has been a week of fun and activities for families to enjoy as a new school is set to begin.
Thursday, June 29, 2023
The fireworks industry has been increased in sales since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thursday, June 22, 2023
The Itty Bitty Hillbilly Pageant was held last Thursday evening at Key Park, on the opening night of Hillbilly Days.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
On May 6, Old Lake Park will fill with music and people for the Red Boiling Springs Music Festival and Marketplace.
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Macon County Golf and Country Club isn’t the only place that area residents can play a round nowadays.
Thursday, February 02, 2023
Bingo is one of the more popular activities at the Macon County Senior Citizens Center and Monday was no exception with a nearly full house. Each session, typically Mondays and Thursdays at the center, are sponsored by a local business. Monday, it was Ben Bray Real Estate & Auction Compa…
The Downtown Sound, a new summer concert series, is coming to historic downtown Hartsville beginning in May and running through August.
Thursday, January 12, 2023
The annual Little Miss, Petite Miss and Junior Miss Macon County Beauty Pageants will be held Feb. 25 and registration is underway.
Red Boiling Springs will be hosting a round of the statewide competition as part of Tennessee Songwriters Week.
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Last week, I wrote of leaving a high-school basketball game one evening as heavy snow was arriving and how that my trip home in our farm pickup truck was delayed by my unwisely deciding to grab a bite to eat at a local restaurant.
The Macon County Sprinter’s Group held its annual Jingle Bell Run on Dec. 3.
The Macon County High School girls and boys basketball teams enjoy strong support even early in the season, as evidenced by the crowd that came out Dec. 9 to cheer the Tigerettes and Tigers as they took on Cumberland County High School. Lots goes on at the games besides the action on the cou…
Thursday, December 08, 2022
Macon County residents enjoyed two Christmas parades Saturday, with Lafayette’s during the day and Red Boiling Springs’s in the evening.
It just doesn’t snow in these parts like it once did.
Thursday, December 01, 2022
Red Boiling Springs celebrated the addition of fitness equipment and a playground to Old Lake Park with a ribbon cutting last week.
Thursday, November 17, 2022
The Macon County Chamber of Commerce has announced Jean McClard as the grand marshal for “A Vintage Christmas,” the chamber’s Christmas parade that will be held in Lafayette on Dec. 3.
Thursday, November 10, 2022
The second annual trick or treating on the Lafayette square was held on Oct. 31. Employees at offices and businesses were dressed in costumes, spaces were decorated and lots of candy was given out to the busloads of schoolchildren who were brought downtown for the event. Merchants downtown c…
Saturday, November 05, 2022
I suppose, of all the smells of country living, the smell of skunks or hogs is the most odoriferous … I was going to write “odorous,” but I discovered the word odoriferous when I looked it up in Webster’s Dictionary.
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Kelly Blackwood, theater teacher at Macon County High School, picked the cast for the “Addams Family,” made it through rehearsals, and made it through the first night opening jitters.
Thursday, March 24, 2022
A new event is appearing Lafayette’s calendar — A Taste of Macon, an effort to showcase local food and other vendors.
Thursday, October 15, 2020
Well, it’s almost that time of year again. In a few days, tobacco stalks will be making their appearance once again as tobacco striping will be in full swing.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Last week, I wrote of my relative inexperience in the horse business. Actually, I have only been around horses on any kind of consistent basis for the past 10 or so years.
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