CARROLL COUNTY — The five special school districts in Carroll County held commencement exercises last week and issued 284 diplomas. more

TREZEVANT (May 3) — U.S. Congressman David Kustoff (TN-08) visited with West Carroll Elementary and Junior High students participating in the SIFMA Foundation’s Capitol Hill Challenge program, underwritten by the Charles Schwab Foundation. This national 14-week financial education competition pairs individual members of Congress with public schools in every congressional district, equipping middle and high school students to become financially capable and civics-minded. more

The spring trimester at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in McKenzie ended with graduation on April 25, 2022. more

McKENZIE (May 2) — McKenzie High School Marching Rebels celebrated a year of competition and concert performances at a year-end banquet on Tuesday, May 2 at the MHS Cafeteria. more

The West Carroll School Board met for their regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening, May 5 with a number of items on the agenda. more

McKENZIE (May 7) — Bethel University conferred 307 degrees on Saturday, May in the Crisp Arena on the McKenzie campus. Graduates were conferred degrees on the levels of Associates, Bachelors and Masters for both in-person and online students. more

McKENZIE (May 3) — The construction of a new multi-purpose building is one step closer following the action of the Board of Education of the McKenzie Special School District. The Board approved the issuance of debt, which allows the bond agent to seek buyers for the debt. more

West Carroll Future Business Leaders of America compete at the state level with two members advancing to nationals. more

McKenzie School Board meets Tuesday, May 3, 5:30 p.m. at McKenzie Middle School Library. more

McKENZIE (April 22) — Officials at Bethel University announce the university and the City of McKenzie signed a memorandum of understanding to offer full-time city employees a 25% tuition discount in its College of Professional Studies. more

HUNTINGDON (April 21) — All campuses of the Huntingdon Special School District will be converted to light-emitting diode (LED) lighting following the unanimous vote of the Huntingdon Board of Education. The $559,875 project is ‘self-funded’ through energy savings over the 12 year term. more

Phaedra Creed spoke to approximately 900 students at all five Carroll County high schools about the harmful effects of drinking and driving. She was a victim of someone who chose to drive intoxicated and was paralyzed as a result of the driver’s actions. more

McKENZIE (April 12) — The McKenzie Middle School held its annual honors banquet Tuesday evening. The event was sponsored by the McKenzie Rotary Club. Dr. Brooke Spivey Burress, a McKenzie alumnus and local optometrist, was the featured speaker. more

McKENZIE (April 5) — Construction at three McKenzie school sites will soon begin or is in the development phase. more

ATWOOD – The monthly session was started with the approval of the agenda and the consent agenda which included approval of the March meeting minutes and the resignation of LeAnn Edwards.  Edwards taught Art and Journalism while being the yearbook sponsor. more

When Stacie Freeman saw the destruction the December tornado caused in her hometown of Dresden, one of her first thoughts was to cancel the March trip to Costa Rica she’d planned for students at Dresden High. As the director of Bethel University Global Studies program and a sociology professor who provides dual enrollment classes for Weakley County Schools, she weighed the cost of the travel against the loss of the cultural experience and, initially determined the local needs were too great. more

McKENZIE (April 1) — Along with Blue Devils, Tarheels, Jayhawks and Wildcats from Pennsylvania, you could find Wildcats from West Tennessee at last weekend’s Final Four in New Orleans. more