McKENZIE (May 15, 2023) McKenzie Rebels baseball team advances to sectionals (substate) action after claiming the Region 6-1A championship over a very talented Hollow Rock-Bruceton team on Monday. … more

Dad’s “formal” education ended with the third grade. He didn’t quit at that tender age by choice. His father decided he was needed at home more than he was down at the one-room schoolhouse beside Sugar Creek. more

Free BBQ Supper at McKenzie Church of Christ The McKenzie Church of Christ is hosting a free BBQ supper at the church on Highland Drive on Thursday, May 18, 5 to 7:30 p.m. or until food is gone. Dine in or carry out. The menu is BBQ, baked beans, salad, dessert and a drink (for dine-in only). The meal is free to all. Come enjoy the Christian fellowship. Everyone is welcome. For information, call 731-352-2106 or 731-695-6576. more

At times I hold the self-proclaimed title of The King of Useless Information. One such example comes with Mother’s Day. The individual who was the ramrod for the creation of the holiday was Anna Jarvis. The interesting part of the story is that not long after her holiday created momentum, she turned against the holiday requesting it be rescinded because of its commercialism. While this story has very little to do directly with Tennessee history, I can’t help but share some of my useless knowledge. more

PARIS, Tenn. - Funeral services for Linda Carol Vassar are Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 5 … more

GLEASON, Tenn. - Funeral services for Spencer Wesley Collins are Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1 p.m. at Brummitt McKenzie Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 17, … more

McKENZIE - Mrs. Rose Marie Lassetter McCardle, 86 years old, died Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Lakeside Senior Living Community. She is a member of First Baptist Church, and a retired RN at St … more

Lillian Stoker 1924 - 2023   DRESDEN, Tenn. - Mary "Lillian" Brooks Stoker, 98 of Dresden, Tennessee died Saturday, May 13, 2023 at her family home.  She … more

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) mobile household hazardous waste collection service will be in Madison and Stewart counties on Saturday, May 20. … more

Formerly of McKenzie, Tenn. and Gainesville, Georgia Memorial services for Daphne “Jim” L. Scott Childress, 96, are Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11 a.m. at Brummitt-McKenzie Funeral Home.   more

McKenzie (May 12, 2023) McKenzie Rebels baseball team defeated Frank Hughes 14-3 on Friday to advance to the region championship game Monday, May 15, at 5 p.m. at McKenzie City Park. McKenzie, … more

McKenzie, Tennessee McKENZIE, Tenn. - A private family Celebration of Life for Judith Marcel Finch, 85, will be conducted in the near future.  The family selected … more

McKENZIE (May 9, 2023) — Ruta Sepetys (Rūta Šepetys) is an internationally acclaimed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of historical fiction published in over sixty countries and … more

UNION CITY   - Mr. Baxter Enloe Wheatley, 88, of Union City, died on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at the Legacy Of North Myrtle Beach in Little River, South Carolina.   Services … more

HUNTINGDON — Join The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center and The Jackson Symphony for a night under the stars featuring “Music Around the World” - a free, summer event scheduled … more

 Billy Ray Driskell died peacefully on Wednesday morning, May 10, 2023.  Bill was born on November 15, 1929, the son of Henry Roosevelt Driskell and Pauline Lively Driskell of Gadsden, … more

McKENZIE — Gracelyn Eaves, 20, a rising senior at Bethel University, returns to compete in the Miss Tennessee Volunteer Pageant this summer. The pre-professional Biology major last served as … more

    McKenzie (Tenn.) High School Soccer competes against Martin Westview High School on Thursday, May 11, 20223 for the District 13A Championship. The game is … more

GLEASON, Tenn. - Services for Betty J. Hearn, 86, of Gleason are Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 3 p.m. at Gleason First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in Hopewell Cemetery in Gleason. … more

Mr. Robert Franklin Bennett, 88, of Huntingdon, Tennessee died Sunday May 7, 2023 at his home. Funeral services were May 9, 2023 in the Chapel of Dilday-Carter Funeral Home. Interment was in … more