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Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKENZIE — McKenzie Chamber of Commerce and Industry is sponsoring the second annual Easter Egg Drop on Saturday, April 1 at McKenzie City Park, Como Street, McKenzie.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Bethel/Eastside Family and Community Education (FCE) March meeting was held in the home of Mary and Pennye Mays with ten members present. The vice president, Pennye Mays, opened the meeting with a devotion written by Barbara Cage entitled ‘May Hope Always Be Your Comfort and Guide.’ The club pledge was recited and cards were passed to be signed for Janice Chandler and Lacy Yelley. The minutes were read and accepted and the treasury report was given and approved.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON — Children with limited mobilities are often excluded from participating when it comes to play time. A new local non-profit wants to help solve that problem with a new inclusive park designed for those children.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON — Twelve students - freshmen from the schools in Carroll County participated in four Saturday morning sessions with emphasis on STEM - Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, from 9 a.m. until noon, beginning on January 21 and concluding on March 4.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Clarksburg welcomed a new business on Saturday, March 18, with the relocation and grand opening of Freedom Gunworks, LLC. Randy and Rachel Comeau have operated the business from their home for the past year.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKENZIE (March 18) — Prompalooza was Saturday, March 18. 1 to 5 p.m. to offer girls’ and boys’ prom attire for free to high school students throughout Carroll County.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
NASHVILLE (March 17) — Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Jeff Long and Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) Colonel Matt Perry welcomed the newest graduating classes of Tennessee State Troopers at the Hermitage Hills Baptist Church on Lebanon Road in Nashville.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
PARIS (March 17) — A collision involving three vehicles – including a semi and a logging truck – claimed the lives of two people Friday morning.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Students of the McKenzie Special School District will have class on Thursday, March 23, 2023. It serves as the make up day for the football playoffs.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON — The Dixie Performing Arts Center hosted its second-annual Designing Women Curated Market, which highlights female-owned businesses across the state of Tennessee, Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18. The Designing Women Curated Market was birthed from the influence of Dixie Carter in her female-empowered role in the popular television show “Designing Women.”
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON (March 17) — W. Kent Jones arrived at work Friday thinking he had five appointments with clients on that day. Instead, those fictitious appointments were a decoy to assure Jones attended his own surprise birthday party.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON (March 13) — The Carroll County Commission met Monday at the Carroll County Complex with a light agenda. The Commission adopted Resolution 3-02-2023 to pledge $500,000 of American Rescue Plan Act Funds for maintenance, repair and improvements to the Carroll County Office Complex. The $500,000 for the Carroll County Office Complex for maintenance, repair and improvements would include, but are not limited to, ADA (The Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant facility entrances and exits, ADA compliance in bathrooms, new flooring, interior painting, exterior painting and cleanup.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office has received three reports of scammers calling citizens from 731-418-6093. The phone number used is not affiliated with Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Please do not call this number. The scammer is claiming to be Kris Taylor from the Sheriff’s Office. The caller is telling people they have missed court and have a Failure to Appear warrant. The scammer will tell them to come to the jail or make a payment over the phone.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKENZIE (March 17) — The City of McKenzie’s Water Department is the defendant in a lawsuit filed Friday, March 17 in the Carroll County Circuit Court by Phillip Colwell, Sr. and Phillip Colwell, Jr., as renters of a commercial building in McKenzie.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKENZIE (March 17) — D&D Service Center, 25675 Highway 22, closed Friday, March 17. The owner is retiring after operating the business for 43 years.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
MURFREESBORO (March 15) — The McKenzie Rebels were unable to keep up their hot streak Wednesday night. The Buccaneers of University School Johnson City (USJC) ended McKenzie’s run at the state basketball championship by a score of 66-53. McKenzie closes the season with a 22-5 record along with district and region championship titles.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKENZIE — The McKenzie Lady Rebels started their season with a 12-0 run rule victory over the Clarksburg Lady Rockets.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
E911 Board Of Directors to Meet The Carroll County E911 regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting is Tuesday, March 21, at 5:30 p.m., in the Training Room of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department, 200 Norandal Drive, Huntingdon.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Corn Salad 2 (12oz.) cans shoe peg corn (drained) 2 tomatoes, chopped (don’t peel) 1 bell pepper, chopped 1 purple onion, chopped 1 cucumber, chopped 1/2 cup sour cream 4 tablespoon mayonnaise 2 tablespoon white vinegar 1/2 teaspoon celery seed 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 teaspoon salt
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
HUNTINGDON (March 15) — The following cases were heard in Carroll County General Sessions Court on March 15.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Brittany N. Russell of McKenzie was charged with Possession of Schedule IV, Possession of Schedule II with Intent on March 10.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Driving on Revoked — Samuel Dakota James Arrand, 28, Randle Street, McKenzie was charged with Driving on a Revoked License and Violation of Financial Responsibility after a traffic stop on March 18.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Arthur E. and Katrina H. Bessette to Travis and Cynthia Thrasher in District 10.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Tennessee’s history is filled with numerous trailblazers. Yet, one individual not only blazed a trail in history, but she also blazed a trail outside our atmosphere. In 1978, she was one of the females selected as part of the first group of astronauts to include women. She went on to log over 720 hours in space.
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Sometimes I think I have lived my life backwards. Spring break is a perfect example. We’d never heard of “such a thing” in 1962. We thought it was mandatory to go to school every weekday from January 3rd until school ended in late May. If it didn’t snow a foot or two, or the boiler blew up, we were in the classroom studying Chaucer or heating some chemical compound with a Bunsen burner or conjugating verbs or following some guy named Byrd to the North Pole...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
McKenzie (March 14, 2023) — Dave Drummond of Hyrdo-Gear in Huntingdon was the featured program speaker at the Rotary Club of McKenzie on March 14. He spoke about the company’s expansion …
