ATWOOD (July 6) — The West Carroll Special School District heard a third-grade retention report showing no third graders will have to repeat the third grade during their meeting Thursday night, July 6. more

HUNTINGDON — The Carroll County Health Department and Healthy Families Tennessee present a Community Drive-Thru Baby Shower on August 2 from 12-1 p.m. at the Carroll County Fairgrounds. more

Carroll Arts’ annual creativity camp concluded Friday, June 30, with an end-of-the-week program where students showed parents and community members what they learned from the week’s drama, art, creative writing and music classes. more

McKENZIE — This June, the Carroll County Humane Society began renovations, the first major changes made since moving into the building on Hwy 22 nine years ago. The remodel originally targeted replacing the floors, but it has since expanded to upgrading the dog kennels and repainting and adding new shelving in the cat rooms. more

McKENZIE (JULY 4) — Meet Toby, McKenzie Police Department’s new canine officer. more

The Town of Trezevant meets July 11 at 6:30 p.m. for a regular board meeting. more

Michael Schaffer, a student at Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McKenzie, received a Skill Point Certificate in the Computer Numerical Control (CNC) 5-Axis Milling Programmer program during the 2023 SkillsUSA Championships. The CNC 5-Axis Milling Programmer is a cutting machine that is moved in five different directions and monitored by a numerical computer control rather than by hand. more

HUNTINGDON (June 28) —Team members from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County recently visited the Carroll County Public Library to participate in readings during Toddler Time Playgroup, also known as Tot Time. more

The Macedonia Family and Community Education (FCE) organization met on Monday, June 5. Sandi Deming hosted at her home. more

The Carroll County Library continues the “All Together Now” Summer Reading Program this July, with guests from Natchez Trace State Park and the Carroll County Health Department. more

Paige Costello, a rising tenth grade homeschooler and member of Carroll County 4-H, is the national winner of the 4-H Beekeeping Essay contest. The contest is sponsored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Honeybees, Inc. more

Kameshia Moxley was new to the pageant scene when she was crowned Miss Bethel University Volunteer in November 2022. When she moved to Tennessee to attend college, walking on the Miss Tennessee Volunteer stage one day did not even cross her mind. more

Addi Poole watched the Miss Tennessee pageants every year. She looked forward to the days when Miss Tennessee visited her school. Miss Tennessee was someone she could look up to and someone who made her feel seen. When Poole attended the Miss Tennessee pageant 2015 to support Paris native Hannah Robison, her entire perspective of the contest changed. Seeing someone from just across the road win the pageant proved she also had a chance to win one day and represent her community and state. more

Emma Martin is no stranger to the Miss Tennessee Volunteer stage, but the beauty queen said this year’s pageant might be her last. more

When Dr. Justin Barden accepted his new position as the McKenzie Special School District’s Director of Schools, he knew he wanted to spend his first year observing rather than changing. He would be intentional and methodical with his choices, and he could only do that by listening and learning what the district already does so well. more

McKENZIE — After 10 years as President of Bethel University, Dr. Walter Butler announced his plans to retire on December 31, 2023 shortly after turning 70. more

Chicken Gumbo 1 chicken, cut up 1 green pepper, chopped fine 1 large can mushrooms 2 bottles stuffed olives, sliced 1 can tomatoes 1medium sized onion Salt, black pepper, and red pepper to taste 1 pod garlic 2 tablespoon sugar Pinch of sage and parsley Cooked rice Add enough water to cover chicken until tender. Serve over rice. Serves 8-10 more

Come on down to Liquorland, McKenzie’s newest liquor store. The store is owned by Peter Patel, who also owns Paris Westwood Wines & Liquor, and is next to McKenzie’s BP gas station, at 15984 Highland Dr., McKenzie. more

To celebrate gifting over 200 million books to children worldwide, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library decided to take a page out of Willy Wonka’s book and randomly hide special bookmarks in seven of September’s gifted books. more

MARTIN — Effective leaders look beyond their immediate surroundings to identify growth opportunities and ways to improve life for others. McKenzie resident Christy Williams, branch manager and vice president of Regions Bank, valued the class sessions, and the people she met established connections that will help turn ideas into action. more