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Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKENZIE — McKenzie United Neighbors and First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of McKenzie are hosting a Food Blessing Box giveaway on Wednesday, May 18, 6 p.m. at the church, located on Highland Drive across from TCAT-McKenzie.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKENZIE (May 5) — The National Day of Prayer was observed in Carroll County in the hangar of the Carroll County Airport.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKENZIE — It was a special day for mothers at AHC-McKenzie. The Monday morning event kicked off with a balloon release to mark National Nursing Home Week and the recognition of moms who are residents at the facility.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The spring trimester at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in McKenzie ended with graduation on April 25, 2022.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKENZIE (May 3) — Members of the Rotary Club of McKenzie were honored to have the senior members of the McKenzie Lady Rebels and Rebels 2022 basketball team attend the May 3 meeting.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Terry and Jeanette Jones were married Mother’s Day, May 13, 1962.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKENZIE — Wayne Cooper of McKenzie is back to selling fiddlesticks, which is deja vu for the 81 year old. That’s where his career started when he was 10 years old and he says, that’s where his career will end.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
HUNTINGDON (May 6) — A new memorial marker is located in Carroll County. Gold Star families are honored for the loss of a loved one in military action.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The West Carroll School Board met for their regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening, May 5 with a number of items on the agenda.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Neil Thompson of Paris will be the new district attorney come September 1 after defeating incumbent Matthew Stowe.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
HUNTINGDON (May 7) — Standing on the shoulder of giants. That could easily describe the feelings of the inductees of the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame. As each received his or her commemorative plaques, each took the opportunity to praise the people and community who supported and encouraged them. It was the coach, the teachers, the parents, or the fans. Obviously, each knew any achievement was through hard work and support of others.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKenzie’s Lady Rebels hosted their Senior Day on Tuesday, May 3 prior to their last home game against Dresden.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The McKenzie Rebels played host to Dresden and traveled to South Gibson to open the month of May and close out the regular season.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Soccer McKenzie Soccer picked up an extra game against Henry County on Tuesday afternoon, May 3, and picking up a 3-0 win over the Patriots. Stafford Roditis scored two goals while Camden Allison scored a goal and goalie Will Essary picked up 10 saves in the contest.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
HUNTINGDON — The following cases were heard in Carroll General Sessions Court on May 4 and 5.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Multiple Charges — Christian De’Shawn Ewell, 22, of Moscow, TN, was arrested on charges of possession of schedule I with intent, drug paraphernalia, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony during an April 22 traffic stop near McKenzie.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The McKenzie Police Department responded to several theft calls within the last week along with other calls.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Noah Daniel Kurtz, 22, of Paris to Heather Michelle Hoopingarner, 22, of Beech Bluff.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
James Darrell Joyner and others to Matthew Patterson in District 19.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Dresden After celebrating Senior Day, the Lady Rebels played host to Dresden in a close contest from start to finish.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
McKenzie’s Rebels started baseball playoff action rolling Big Sandy 20-0 in three innings on Thursday, May 5. The Rebels scored those 20 runs on 10 hits with five runs in the first inning and 15 runs in the second inning.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Carroll County Election Commission to Certify Election The Carroll County Election Commission meets Thursday, May 19, 2022, 6 p.m. in the Election Office, 625 High St, Ste 113, Huntingdon, 38344, for the purpose of: certifying the results of the May 3, 2022 elections and prepare for the August 4, 2022 elections.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Last week, as Weakley County and the City of Dresden celebrated the Iris Festival, my mind was drawn to the stories and successes of Ned Ray McWherter. Born the son of a sharecropper, McWherter was a prosperous businessman, Speaker of the House for the Tennessee Legislature and a two-term governor.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
I think I could have been a great fisherman. I can read a nautical map. I still have the needed hand/eye coordination. I have a “light touch” when the occasion calls for it and I have worked on my patience over the years. That can be critical when you are “waiting out” those northern pike! I believe, with just a little practice, I could “set the hook” on a rainbow trout, largemouth bass, walleye...
