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Change in Graduation Location
Change in M.C.H.S. Graduation Location Due to the forecast of inclement weather tomorrow, the graduation location has been changed from Pat Parker Field to the Nera White Gymnasium at M.C.H.S. •Graduates will practice in the gym at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. •Graduates will each receive 8 tickets for guests. •Everyone Ages 5 and up will need a ticket to enter the gym. •Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. •The Ceremony will begin at 7:00 p.m. ...
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L-R: Terry Gregory, Cathy Gregory, Kathy Mungle, Bonnie Davis, and Marjorie Hartsfile stand in Davis's driveway across from the Cobb-Vantress hatchery.
City residents cry foul at Cobb-Vantress
Several residents of the Lafayette neighborhood where the Cobb-Vantress chicken hatchery operates appeared before the Lafayette City Council on Tuesday to complain—about a bad smell. So begins another chapter in the Macon County Cobb-Vantress controversy, which began over five years ago when the chicken company first began plans to come into the area. Bonnie Davis, who lives directly across from the hatchery on Coolidge Road, stood and read...
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Emily Elizabeth Williams
Man arrested in RBS wanted in two states
A man was arrested in Red Boiling Springs this week who has multiple outstanding warrants in two other states. Eric Kai Stricklin, age 30, is currently wanted in both Indiana and Alabama. He, along with Emily Williams, who was driving the vehicle he was passenger in, were both arrested on North Springs Road in RBS after Williams was stopped for speeding. Assistant Chief Jacob Jordan of RBSPD said that after he stopped Williams, she was unab...
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Stephanie Meador presents the Horace Mann award and check for $250 to Teacher of the Year Faye Fitzpatrick.
Faye Fitzpatrick named 2013 Teacher of the Year
Macon Schools let out a half day early on Thursday, May 9, in celebration of Teacher Appreciation Day. Teachers received door prizes and finger foods provided by Linda’s Cakes and Catering, and heard speeches of appreciation from Director of Schools Margaret Oldham, Lafayette Mayor Richard Driver, and others. The Teacher of the Year was announced, to much applause: Faye Fitzpatrick, retiring County-Wide Instructional Leader, who has been wi...
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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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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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