HUNTINGDON (April 7) — Congressman David Kustoff was in Carroll County on Friday, April 7 for his annual Good Friday visit to an invitation-only forum at the Carroll County Civic Center. more

ATWOOD — The West Carroll Special School District school board voted unanimously to increase safety measures and hire an additional school safety officer during their meeting Thursday night, April 6. more

McKENZIE (APRIL 6) — New McKenzie Mayor Ryan Griffin and council members, Charles Pruneau, Carol Armpriest, Tom Alexander and Jessie Townes, along with department supervisors Water -Billy Wood, Parks - Billy Hollowell, City Recorder Jennifer Waldrup, Police Chief Ryan White, Fire Chief Brian Tucker, and Johnny Mercer met in an informal session at the city-owned railroad depot on April 6 and 7. more

McKenzie Special School District Board of Education plans to vote Tuesday, April 18, 5:30 p.m. on the new director of schools. The Board meets at the McKenzie Middle School Library. more

McKENZIE (April 4) — Lynn Watkins, director of McKenzie Special School District, is retiring on June 30. During the April 4 meeting of the Board of Education, Watkins offered to serve as a consultant to the yet-to-be-selected director of schools, whose term of office begins July 1. more

McKENZIE (April 7) — The annual Bake Sale for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is complete after five days of a live, call-in auction on WHDM radio. Unofficially, the event grossed an estimated $15,899. more

HUNTINGDON (April 4) — Leaders in government, economic development, health and education gathered for an informal planning session led by the Tennessee Economic and Community Development on April 4. more

On April 6, 2023, the Henry County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a potential threat situation involving the Henry County High School. School Resource Officers had received information … more

Barbara Hosford-Tanner, age 69 of Henry, TN, died at her residence on Sunday, April 9, 2023. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Henry, Tenn.  Barbara enjoyed reading, attending … more

Potato Romanoff 2 lb frozen hash browns 1 medium chopped onion 2 tablespoon margarine 1 can cream of chicken soup 1 can cream of cheddar soup 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup sour cream 1 -13 oz. evaporated milk 1 cup shredded cheese more

Tuesday, April 11 McKenzie Baseball at Big Sandy 5 p.m. McKenzie Soccer at South Fulton 5:30 p.m. Huntingdon Soccer vs. Liberty 6 p.m. more

Huntingdon Public Works Committee Meeting April 12 The Huntingdon Public Works Committee meets Wednesday, April 12, at 3:30 p.m., at the Huntingdon City Hall Council Room, 19810 East Main Street, Huntingdon. more

McKENZIE (April 3) — The McKenzie Rebel Baseball team run ruled the Houston County Irish 10-0 and 11-1 on Monday night’s double header. The Rebels had a total of 21 hits through by games. more

Telvin L. Mayfield, 31, of Alamo was charged with simple possession of schedule six, felony evading, aggravated assault against first responder X2, felony reckless endangerment and driving on revoked DUI (first offense) on April 2. more

Stephen L. Hughes to Darrell Ridgley in District 2. more

Mark D. Wortham Jr., 28, of Huntingdon was charged with possession of schedule VI (marijuana) with intent. more

Domestic Assault — D’Asia Crayton, 21, Cherry Avenue, McKenzie, was charged with Domestic Assault on April 10. more

HUNTINGDON (April 5) — The following cases were heard on April 5 in the Carroll County General Sessions Court. more

Eight months after the United States entered World War II, the federal government launched the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the codename for the research and development undertaken to produce the first nuclear weapons. In September 1942, United States Army General Leslie R. Groves was assigned to manage the project. Groves approved three locations for this new clandestine project: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Hanford, Washington and Los Alamos, New Mexico. more

The first wedding I ever attended was in 1962. I was fifteen. And about the only thing I remember was there must have been a bad storm….or the church hadn’t paid its electric bill. It was pretty dark in the sanctuary, and this was in the middle of the afternoon! more