HUNTINGDON — Brown-colored water in Huntingdon was alarming the water customers and caused the schools to close on Tuesday, August 15. The older areas of the city, where cast iron pipes transport the city’s drinking water, are more susceptible to brown water laden with iron. more

HUNTINGDON (August 10) — The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center held its annual luncheon for its ushers, who volunteer their time and talents. more

McKenzie — Bethel University students have returned to the McKenzie campus to begin the 2023-24 year. more

McKenzie, Huntingdon, West Carroll and Clarksburg released the enrollment census of students for the first week of the 2023-24 school year. more

ATWOOD (August 3) — West Carroll Special School District is proactively addressing security issues at each of its three school sites in McLemoreville, Trezevant and Atwood. The Board voted to start the process to possibly make upgrades at each school. That action came during the August 3 meeting at the West Carroll Junior/Senior High School. more

McKENZIE (AUGUST 1) — New state laws affecting education necessitated numerous changes in local school board policy. During the August 1 meeting, the McKenzie Special School District Board of Education approved those changes, some of which included school safety, summer school, intruder drill policy, a public comment policy at meetings, and penalties for unruly spectators or coaches at sporting events. more

HUNTINGDON (August 2) — Four state inmates housed at the Carroll County Jail were recognized for completing a course of study to help them re-enter society. more

The newest edition of the Experience LOCAL Magazine is online now! It will appear in print mid-August 2023. more

HUNTINGDON (July 27) — Carroll County Electric Board approved a policy to allot a time period for citizens to speak to the board on topics germane to items on the agenda. more

Dr. Anna Anderson, O.D., is fresh out of optometry school and ready to serve West Tennessee. more

HUNTINGDON (July 28) — The formal announcement of the Med-Trans/Hospital Wing’s intentions of opening an air medical base of operations in Carroll County was celebrated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony behind Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll County. more

HUNTINGDON (July 25) — The family of the late Dale Kelley was honored Tuesday, July 25 at the monthly Huntingdon Mayor and Council meeting. State Senator John Stevens presented a framed copy of the joint resolution from the Tennessee General Assembly. It honored the service of the late Dale Kelley. more

McKENZIE — After a rollover crash on State Route 22 Sunday morning, the patient was extricated and transported by air ambulance to an area hospital. more

HUNTINGDON (July 20) — During the July meeting for the Carroll County Budget Committee, two organizations were granted funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) held by the county. The Cedar Grove Public Utility District requested $500,000 and the McKenzie Industrial Board requested $20,000. more

A temporary resident of the Relax Inn motel was airlifted to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville after he was the victim of an attack by his roommate on July 22. more

HUNTINGDON (July 19) — State Representative Brock Martin (R-Huntingdon) addressed the Huntingdon Special School District Board of Education on Wednesday, July 19. more

TREZEVANT (July 18) — Heavy rains and winds on Tuesday, July 18 felled trees and knocked out electrical power to some areas of Carroll County. more

McKENZIE (July 18) — The newly-established McKenzie High School Alumni Association (MHSAA) gathered for the first officially sanctioned meeting in the McKenzie High School Theatre on Tuesday night to elect officers and board members. more