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2021 Year In Review

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February 16

Natural Gas Leak Closes Antique Mall, Neighboring Businesses
McKENZIE (February 10) — Businesses were evacuated surrounding the McKenzie Antique Mall on Wednesday, February 10 around 10 a.m. The business managers walked into the mall and smelled the aroma associated with natural gas. The situation caused area businesses to be evacuated in case of an ignition of the gas.

City of McKenzie Annexes Profile Metal Property
The City of McKenzie Board of Mayor and Council met Thursday evening with a short agenda. Two public hearings dealing with the annexation of Profile Metal occurred during the meeting. The first hearing dealt with the plan of services for the property and the second was based on the amendment of the city’s zoning map. The council approved on its second reading Ordinance 537 which amends the official zoning map of McKenzie by zoning tax parcels 10.05 and 10.07, Henry County Tax Map 162 as M-2 or Heavy Industrial.

Huntingdon Man Charged with Two Counts of Vehicular Homicide, Felonies
WAVERLY (February 10) — A Waverly couple was killed instantly after the driver of a stolen pickup truck disregarded a red signal light in Waverly and crashed into the couple’s automobile.
Tory A. McConahie, 26, of Michael Lane, Huntingdon is charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, evading arrest, DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving on a revoked license after the February 10 accident that occurred around 1:45 p.m. in Waverly.

February 23

Snowmageddon 2021
Winter Storms Disrupt Area Travel, Business
Two waves of a brutal winter storm disrupted travel, business, schools, and events on February 15 through 21.

Temperature observations at Jackson through the National Weather Service, indicated 10 days of temperatures below the 32 degree freezing point. Temperatures on February 11 were 27 to 31 degrees and down to three degrees on February 20, which also had a temperature high of 42.
Area schools were closed February 15, a scheduled holiday, to February 22 because of extremely cold temperatures and up to eight inches of accumulated snow.

County’s Dispatchers Make Sacrifices, Serve the Public
HUNTINGDON — Carroll County’s emergency services dispatchers went beyond the call of duty last week as they chose to remain at the Dispatch Center around the clock instead of traveling home during their off-hours.
Lt. Jamie Verner Summers said the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center answers all 911 lines for the whole county, several administrative phone lines for the Sheriff’s Office and dispatches for the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, and police departments of Bruceton, Hollow Rock, Clarksburg, Trezevant, Carroll County Emergency Medical Services, Carroll County Rescue Squad and 20 fire departments - city or county.
Like some businesses, some dispatch employees cannot travel the hazardous roads, but unlike some other businesses, the dispatch center must continue to operate around the clock, regardless of the weather. Summers said plans were made to maintain staffing of the dispatch center.
In addition to the regular calls, the snow created a batch of weather-related calls. Calls came in from citizens checking the road conditions, health care workers needing a ride to and from work, cars off of the roadway, wrecks and other emergency calls.

March 2

Heavy Rains Close Highway 22
CARROLL COUNTY (March 1) — Heavy rains on Saturday and Sunday caused flooding in the neighboring counties of Henry, Weakley and Obion Sunday evening. Murray and Mayfield Kentucky also reported some flooding after five to six inches of rain fell. Last week, TVA started lowering its water levels on rivers in anticipation of the forecasted rains. The measure is part of its mission in flood prevention.
In Carroll County, there was some minor damage caused by flooding. State Route 22, between McKenzie and Huntingdon in the Crooked Creek area was closed on Monday because water covered the roadway.

TEC Receives Grant For Fiber Expansion
BRADFORD — TEC, a leading rural fiber broadband provider in Tennessee, will provide Fast Fiber Internet to parts of Carroll, Benton, and Henry counties and bridge the digital divide for rural Tennesseans. TEC was one of 386 competing companies in the recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction, which awarded $9 billion for the provision of broadband internet to unserved and underserved areas throughout the United States. TEC won $285,692 in funding to build internet access to parts of Camden, Eva, Buena Vista, Huntingdon, McLemoresville, McKenzie, Paris, and Henry. TEC will provide additional funding of $2,598,231 for a total build-out construction project of $2,883,923; this increased access will improve the quality of lives for these local communities.